Medicine

Medicine

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)

Biomaterial particles educate immune system to accept transplanted islets Researchers, including those from UofL,...

By instructing key immune system cells to accept transplanted insulin-producing islets, a team of researchers including those from the University of Louisville have opened...

Study: Thousands of women diagnosed with breast cancer might not need chemotherapy UofL doctor...

Thousands of women diagnosed with the most common type of breast cancer can now skip chemotherapy and still have the same outcome, according to...

Thousands of women diagnosed with breast cancer might not need chemotherapy, study shows UofL...

Thousands of women diagnosed with the most common type of breast cancer can now skip chemotherapy and still have the same outcome, according to...
Nelleke C. van Wouwe, Ph.D., M.Sc.

UofL’s Department of Neurological Surgery adds research faculty member

Nelleke C. van Wouwe, PhD, MSc, joined the research faculty at the University of Louisville School of Medicine as assistant professor in the Department...
Delvon Mattingly

Public health student discusses unique research program, epidemiology interests Q&A with Delvon Mattingly

Delvon Mattingly completes his master’s degree in epidemiology at the end of the summer. He was one of the first graduates of the School...
Novak Family

A new era in medical care for children begins at the University of Louisville...

A new era in medical care for children will begin this June when the Novak Center for Children’s Health at the University of Louisville...
Novak Family

A new era in medical care for children begins The Novak Center for Children’s...

A new era in medical care for children will begin this June when the Novak Center for Children’s Health at the University of Louisville...
2018 Cancer Education Program participants

Cancer Education Program shapes future scientists and clinicians New class of students begin 10...

Unraveling  the complexities of cancer continues as the next generation of scientists pick up the baton and blaze new trails of discovery. Influencing students...
2018 Cancer Education Program participants

Cancer Education Program shapes future scientists and clinicians New class of students begins 10...

Unraveling  the complexities of cancer continues as the next generation of scientists pick up the baton and blaze new trails of discovery. Influencing students...
BE FAST to spot signs of stroke

Monitor your risk factors to reduce risk of stroke

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, and is a leading cause of disability. Rates of...