UK Receives $1.5 Million Grant for Youth Substance Abuse Program
UK Research Project to Focus on Lung Cancer, Pediatric Obesity in Appalachia
Sui Finds Bisphenol A Increases Athersclerosis in Mouse Model
Bisphenol A Increases Atherosclerosis in Pregnane X Receptor-Humanized ApoE Deficient Mice. Sui Y, Park SH, Helsley RN, Sunkara M, Gonzalez FJ, Morris AJ, Zhou C. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Apr 22;3(2):e000492. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000492. PMID: 24755147
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Xiang's Research Shows that Platelets Inhibit Inflammation to Protect from Septic Shock
Platelets protect from septic shock by inhibiting macrophage-dependent inflammation via the cyclooxygenase 1 signalling pathway. Xiang B, Zhang G, Guo L, Li XA, Morris AJ, Daugherty A, Whiteheart SW, Smyth SS, Li Z. Nat Commun. 2013;4:2657. doi: 10.1038/ncomms3657. PMID: 24150174
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Roots in Rural Kentucky Fuel Medical Student's Desire to Respond to Emergencies
Yasuma Receives Prestigious ARVO/ALCON Award
115 Graduates to Receive Medical Degrees from University of Kentucky
Nagareddy Finds Obesity Drives Myelopoiesis
Adipose tissue macrophages promote myelopoiesis and monocytosis in obesity. Nagareddy PR, Kraakman M, Masters SL, Stirzaker RA, Gorman DJ, Grant RW, Dragoljevic D, Hong ES, Abdel-Latif A, Smyth SS, Choi SH, Korner J, Bornfeldt KE, Fisher EA, Dixit VD, Tall AR, Goldberg IJ, Murphy AJ. Cell Metab. 2014 May 6;19(5):821-35. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2014.03.029. PMID: 24807222
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Qing Publishes Findings that NOR1 Inhibits Progenitor Proliferation
Deficiency of the NR4A orphan nuclear receptor NOR1 in hematopoietic stem cells accelerates atherosclerosis. Qing H, Liu Y, Zhao Y, Aono J, Jones KL, Heywood EB, Howatt D, Binkley CM, Daugherty A, Liang Y, Bruemmer D. Stem Cells. 2014 May 8. doi: 10.1002/stem.1747. [Epub] PMID: 24806827
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NIH Policy on Inclusion of Women and Minorities in Clinical Research
In October, 2014, NIH will be launching a new system and procedures for how to report Sex/Gender, Race and Ethnicity Information in annual progress reports (both RPPRs and PHS2590s), as required by the NIH Policy on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in Clinical Research. There will be a new module included in eRA Commons for this purpose.