UofL receives $3.8M to test new gene therapy for heart attacks
When someone has a heart attack, it causes muscle cells in their heart to die, and the heart cannot regenerate these cells. Researchers at...
UofL researchers are working to develop a more effective and reusable N95 mask
Scientists at the University of Louisville’s Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research and the Advanced Manufacturing Institute of Science & Technology (AMIST) have partnered...
Groundbreaking coronavirus immunity initiative receives an infusion of funding
Just as the Co-Immunity Project has begun its first phase to test Louisville health care workers for COVID-19 and antibodies from the disease that...
UPS steps up to help fund potential coronavirus breakthrough
Shipping giant UPS is providing a $100,000 contribution to the University of Louisville to fund promising research into blocking the novel coronavirus from infecting...
UofL research shows Group B Strep infections more common than previously recognized
Research published this week from UofL and Pfizer Inc., is the first to show the burden of both invasive and non-invasive Group B Streptococcus...
UofL senior’s experience at Ford Motor Company keeps him optimistic about the future
Chase Michael Crutcher was born and raised in Louisville, so it’s not surprising that he’s been a Cards fan his entire life. Couple that...
UofL delivering health care through a new lens: smart glasses
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the expansion of telemedicine, and as part of that expansion, faculty at the University of Louisville are piloting...
UofL professor helps identify 66 million-year-old ‘crazy beast’ fossil from Madagascar UofL professor helps identify Adalatherium as part of enigmatic Southern Hemisphere mammalian group that lived at the time of dinosaurs
Several years ago, Guillermo Rougier, PhD, professor in the Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology at UofL, was approached by David Krause, PhD, curator...
UofL developing robot to disinfect areas with coronavirus risk
Many doctors, nurses, EMTs and other health care workers have risked infection while fighting the coronavirus pandemic. But researchers at the University of Louisville...
UofL launches decontamination program to alleviate mask shortage for health care workers No-charge program allows up to 20 uses of scarce N95 respirators for health care and community organizations
Health care workers and first responders put their own health at risk every time they come face-to-face with someone who has – or may...