Medicine

Medicine

Bahaaldin Alsoufi

UofL names new chief of pediatric cardiac surgery division Alsoufi also will serve in...

Bahaaldin Alsoufi, M.D., has joined the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the University of Louisville and Norton Children’s Hospital as the new...
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Learn how smoke-free alternatives reduce the harm from smoking at Beer with a Scientist

Cigarettes continue to make a killing in Kentucky. That’s because quitting is incredibly hard – even downright impossible – for many smokers. Brad Rodu, DDS,...
Brad Rodu, D.D.S.

If you can’t quit, then switch UofL researcher explains how smoke-free alternatives reduce the...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Cigarettes continue to make a killing in Kentucky. That’s because quitting is incredibly hard – even downright impossible – for many...
Aaron W. McGee, Ph.D.

Research from UofL may lead to changes in how amblyopia is treated Normal eye...

Amblyopia, commonly known as “lazy eye,” is a visual disorder common in children. The symptoms often are low acuity in the affected or “lazy”...

UofL cardiology team’s editorial stresses need for more accurate heart disease risk-prediction models Widely...

A University of Louisville cardiologist and data scientist stressed the need for more accurate heart disease risk-prediction models in an editorial published in the...
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)

Team of researchers open potentially new pathway for treating type 1 diabetes

By instructing key immune system cells to accept transplanted insulin-producing islets, a team of researchers, including those from the University of Louisville, has opened...
Aaron W. McGee, Ph.D.

Normal eye dominance is not necessary for restoring visual acuity in amblyopia Research shows...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Amblyopia, commonly known as “lazy eye,” is a visual disorder common in children. The symptoms often are low acuity in the...
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...