Medicine

Medicine

Mohamed Lab researchers in the UofL Institute of Molecular Cardiology, (l. to r.) Qinghui Ou, Xian-Liang Tang, Tamer Mohamed, AbouBakr Salama and Riham Abouleisa

UofL researchers develop new gene therapy to regenerate heart cells Therapy is ready for...

A University of Louisville research team has refined a process in which specific genes administered to heart muscle cells stimulate the cells to divide,...
COVID-19.

Researchers recommend human clinical trials for CBD to prevent COVID-19 based on promising data

A new study shows that an FDA-approved, pharmaceutical-grade formulation of CBD has an antiviral effect and significant negative association with COVID infection.  Researchers warn that...
UofL engineering researcher Cindy Harnett, left, with Alli Truttmann of Wicked Sheets

UofL selects projects for COVID-19 tech accelerator Applications now open for next project selection...

A University of Louisville program aimed at solving the long-term health, economic and societal problems resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has selected its first...
The Healthful City Design Studio is a temporary pop-up located in the Republic Building at 429 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.

UofL’s pop-up Urban Design Studio created to position Louisville for the future

The design of cities directly affects human and environmental health, and with health and ecological disasters unfolding around the globe seemingly daily, urgency is...
Luke Madson on a specially designed pediatric treadmill for therapy at the Kosair Charities Center for Pediatric Neurorecovery

Kosair Charities grants $6.4 million to UofL for children’s health programs

The Kosair Charities Center for Pediatric NeuroRecovery at the University of Louisville brings about recovery for children with spinal cord injuries through therapies developed...
Dr. Mary Fallat in Norton Children's Hospital ER

UofL and Norton Children’s Hospital selected to help establish regional pediatric pandemic network

The University of Louisville School of Medicine and Norton Children’s Hospital will serve as a leader in the integration of trauma and burn care...
Dr. Mary Fallat in Norton Children's Hospital ER

UofL and Norton Children’s Hospital selected to lead part of national project to establish...

The University of Louisville (UofL) School of Medicine and Norton Children’s Hospital will serve as a leader in the integration of trauma and burn...
Drive-through testing for the Co-Immunity Project. UofL photo.

Latest round of Co-Immunity Project testing shows steep increase in coronavirus infections in Jefferson...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Results from the latest round of testing performed as part of the University of Louisville’s groundbreaking project to track COVID-19 in...
Drive-through testing for the Co-Immunity Project. UofL photo.

Latest round of Co-Immunity Project testing shows steep increase in COVID-19 infections in Jefferson...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Results from the latest round of testing performed as part of the University of Louisville’s groundbreaking project to track COVID-19 in...
Cardiothoracic surgeons with UofL Health – Jewish Hospital and the University of Louisville performed the world’s first Aeson® bioprosthetic total artificial heart implantation in a female patient on Sept. 14, 2021. Photo by UofL Health.

First-in-world heart implant: Woman receives novel type of artificial heart at UofL Health –...

A cardiothoracic surgical team with UofL Health – Jewish Hospital and the University of Louisville has performed the world’s first Aeson bioprosthetic total artificial...