UK Study Disputes Previous Theories on Loss of Muscle Stem Cells and Aging
Professional athletes often spend hours in a gym working to build strong healthy muscles needed to keep them at the top of their game. But strong muscles help all humans maintain peak physical performance – the non-athlete, the young and the old – and can prevent frailty later in life, a condition that can exacerbate an illness and even shorten one's life.
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Researcher Preps Paraplegic to "Walk Again" during World Cup Kick Off
A paraplegic Brazilian will signal the start of the 2014 World Cup on June 12 with a miraculous movement.
Suited in a futuristic exoskeleton developed by researchers part of the Walk Again Project, the young man will send a message from his brain to a robotically controlled leg, driving the first kick of the world's most viewed sporting event.
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94 Year-Old Lexington Woman Gives Back as Research Volunteer
On Dec. 2, a very special group of people gathered to celebrate a very special gift.
"Participation in clinical trials is a truly noble act, and we consider the people who volunteer for research part of our family," says Dr. Gregory Jicha, a professor at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. "So it's natural that we would gather at the holidays to share a little joy and thanksgiving."
Every year, the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has a party for patients who have volunteered to participate in research at the center.
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UK Family Doctor Gives Back, Stays Grounded through Music
On the morning of Dec. 16, Dr. Shannon Voogt warmed up her classically trained opera voice before coming to work at UK HealthCare.
At 11 a.m., she applied resin to the bow of her violin in the Pavilion A lobby of the UK Chandler Hospital. Moments later, an audience of patients, employees and hospital visitors circled around the atrium lobby as Voogt, a soprano, showed off her vocal range performing "O Holy Night."
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Amy Herman: The Art of Perception
College of Medicine Grand Round Lecture Series
When: Feb. 13, 2015 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Where: UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital Pav A Auditorium
Amy E. Herman designed, developed and conducts all sessions of The Art of Perception (http://aop.artfulperception.com/courses/about) using the analysis of works of art to improve perception and communication skills.
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UK Alum Among Ebola Fighters Named Time Magazine's Person of the Year
University of Kentucky graduate Mosoka Fallah is among the Ebola fighters in West Africa that has been named Time Magazine's Person of the Year.
A native of Liberia, Fallah received his bachelor's degree in his home country and a master's degree from Kent State University in the United States. He studied at the University of Kentucky from 2005 to 2011, obtaining his doctorate in microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics in 2011.
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OSPA Holiday Announcement
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Update on Report Distribution by SRAS
The SRAS received incomplete information in the reports from Sponsored Projects Accounting (SPA) for November that is a primary source of information for the monthly supplemental reports we distribute.
NIH Provides Clarification on Identifying Changes in Resubmission Applications
Identifying Changes in Resubmission Applications