Researchers from the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at the University of Kentucky have been able to confirm anecdotal information on patients with both Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cerebrovascular disease (CVD) using mouse models in two different studies. The findings of these two studies, which were recently published in Acta Neuropathologica and Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, have potentially significant implications for patients with both disorders. Both papers studied CVD in Alzheimer's disease mouse models using different lifestyle factors.

The first surgical lesson a group of high school juniors in white lab coats learned from Dr. Joseph Iocono at 7:30 a.m. on a Tuesday was the importance of adapting to the case circumstances.

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The first surgical lesson a group of high school juniors in white lab coats learned from Dr. Joseph Iocono at 7:30 a.m. on a Tuesday was the importance of adapting to the case circumstances. Streaming a live surgery to flat-screen televisions in the multipurpose room at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Iocono gave 26 campers part of the Area Health Educational Center Summer Enrichment Program and about 75 additional guests a first look inside the operating room.
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Social work researchers at UK are conducting a study to learn more about health and self-care behaviors of family caregivers. The web-based survey is estimated to take 20 to 25 minutes to complete. If you are interested in participating in this study, please click on the anonymous link below, which will take you to the survey.

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Scientists at the University of Kentucky, led by nano-biotechnologist Peixuan Guo, have made some critical discoveries over the past year into the operation of biomotors, the molecular machines used by viruses and bacteria in the packaging of DNA. Biomotors function similarly to mechanical motors but on a nano-scale. Last year, Guo's team reported the discovery of a new, third class of biomotor, unique in that it uses a "revolution without rotation" mechanism. Rotation is the turning of an object around its own axle, as the Earth does every 24 hours.
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Dr. Samy-Claude Elayi loves doing victory dances.

 "It is a real blessing to wake up and enjoy doing a job that I am so passionate about,” said the physician-electrophysiologist at UK HealthCare's Gill Heart Institute.  “I live for those magic moments where I make a difference in my patients' lives.”

 Perhaps the most vivid example of his "magic moments" involves a woman named Rae Wagoner.

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Not all learning experiences are created equally – and at the Learning Center at Linlee, an innovative partnership with the University of Kentucky College of Medicine allows young students to get rich, hands-on experience in the sciences and better their chances of succeeding in college and beyond. As part of the Fayette County Public School System, The Learning Center (TLC) is an alternative school for at-risk students who are facing personal challenges that might impede their ability to learn. These include socioeconomic factors, and, perhaps surprisingly, intellectual giftedness.
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UK HealthCare and Norton Healthcare are building upon their history of collaboration to expand research and educational collaborations between the two institutions, with the goal of improving health and health care for all Kentuckians. Beginning July 1, educational and research initiatives between UK and Norton will be lead by Dr. Stephen Wyatt, who most recently served two successful terms as the founding dean of the University of Kentucky College of Public Health.
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The RO1 Consultant Review Program is available to faculty wihtin the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. The program is designed to allow faculty to engage an authoritative external consultant to provide an assessment of a complete but not yet submitted RO1 or equivalent application. For more information on the program, click here.

Dr. Vincent Sorrell calls it a "labor of love" and Amazon.com calls it "invaluable." A University of Kentucky professor of medicine and the Anthony N.
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