Plants put up a natural defense system against bacteria and disease through bioactive chemical constituents called flavonoids.

While humans have turned to plants and herbs for medicinal purposes throughout history, researchers are now learning how to harness the chemopreventive properties of flavonoids to prevent human disease. Medical research suggests flavonoids can prevent the development of steroid-responsive cancers, but not all flavonoids serve the same beneficial function.

HAZARD, Ky. (Nov. 20, 2015) – The Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH) and the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (UK CERH) joined the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) and other state/national rural stakeholders to celebrate National Rural Health Day.

The University of Kentucky recently hosted the first-ever conference of the International Society of Gastronomy.  The scientist and chefs involved in the events are working to solve issues affecting cancer patients and many others with issues affecting their sense of taste.  The Department of Physiology’s own Ti

For University of Kentucky Vice President for Research Lisa Cassis the drive to conduct meaningful research is personal.

 “You don’t go into it for the money, you go into it because you want to help people,” Cassis said.

By Josh Shepherd,
Department of Surgery Publications Office

A UK Department of Surgery faculty member has been invited to make an oral presentation of research at the annual Academic Surgical Congress (ASC) in Jacksonville, Florida next February.

Crystal Totten, MD, who is both a departmental faculty member and a fellow in minimally-invasive surgery at UK, received the invitation from the ASC at the end of October.

Analia Loria, assistant professor of pharmacology and nutritional sciences at the University of Kentucky, will be a featured presenter at the First Physiology and Gender Conference organized by the American Physiological Society this week.