Medicine

Medicine

SnapShot created by Bing Li, Ph.D., to illustrate the functions of fatty acid binding proteins (FABPs)

UofL immunologist summarizes functions of protein family associated with obesity for scientific community SnapShot...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Fatty acid binding proteins (FABPs) serve as a type of chaperone, coordinating the transport of fatty acids and other molecules between...
UofL Trager Institute’s Republic Bank Foundation Optimal Aging Clinic

Launch of acupuncture services addresses wellbeing of older adults, health care providers and caregivers...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The UofL Trager Institute now offers comprehensive acupuncture services at its Republic Bank Foundation Optimal Aging Clinic. These new acupuncture services...
UofL Trager Institute’s Republic Bank Foundation Optimal Aging Clinic

UofL Trager Institute launch acupuncture services to address wellbeing of older adults, caregivers

The UofL Trager Institute now offers comprehensive acupuncture services at its Republic Bank Foundation Optimal Aging Clinic. These new acupuncture services are offered in...
patient undergoes physical therapy in a hospital rehab room

Fighting the good fight As a worldwide pandemic swept in, our campuses faced it...

What do you do when the world shifts in an instant? When something as simple as going to school or work becomes risky? When a...
Julio Ramirez, M.D., right, in the UofL infectious diseases laboratory

Facing down infectious disease

Addressing the novel coronavirus global pandemic may be a recent challenge, but managing the impact of diseases threatening human health is nothing new for...
Immunomodulatory signal presentation via synthetic hydrogel material promotes generation of T regulatory cells (green) in the local graft microenvironment (CD3+ T cells in red, and nuclei staining in blue) after implantation into a clinically relevant transplant model for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. (Credit: Georgia Tech)

UofL-born technology for treating Type 1 diabetes has commercial partner

A University of Louisville-born therapy that helps people with Type 1 diabetes stay off immunosuppressants by re-educating the body’s immune system to accept transplanted...
Immunomodulatory signal presentation via synthetic hydrogel material promotes generation of T regulatory cells (green) in the local graft microenvironment (CD3+ T cells in red, and nuclei staining in blue) after implantation into a clinically relevant transplant model for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. (Credit: Georgia Tech)

UofL-born technology for treating Type 1 diabetes has commercial partner

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A University of Louisville-born therapy that helps people with Type 1 diabetes stay off immunosuppressants by re-educating the body’s immune system...
PhD student Zach Whiddon

NIH funds UofL doctoral students’ work on taste buds and brain circuitry

You may be confident in your potential to pursue a career in biomedical research when the National Institutes of Health funds your work before...
UofL Trager Institute

UofL Trager Institute uses technology to reduce social isolation for older adults Initiatives to...

Amid efforts to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, social isolation and loneliness have emerged as a significant public health crisis, particularly for...
Map 2: Prevalence of COVID-19 in Jefferson County in June 2020.

Phase II results of Co-Immunity Project show higher-than-expected rates of coronavirus exposure in Jefferson...

Results from the second phase of the University of Louisville’s groundbreaking project to track COVID-19 in Jefferson County show that 4 to 6 times...