university of kentucky

University of Kentucky offers stroke stem cell trial

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Thu, 01/12/2012 - 23:00

(University of Kentucky) The University of Kentucky will be the first site in the state and one of a select few in the entire country participating in the first stages of a groundbreaking study to investigate the effects of MultiStem, a human adult stem cell product, on patients with acute ischemic stroke.


 

Commonly used supplement may improve recovery from spinal cord i...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Tue, 09/27/2011 - 22:00

(University of Kentucky) A commonly used supplement is likely to improve outcomes and recovery for individuals who sustain a spinal cord injury, according to research conducted by University of Kentucky neuroscientists.


 

Bone marrow transplantation may increase cancer resistance in pa...

EurekAlert! - Cancer  Tue, 08/23/2011 - 22:00

(University of Kentucky) Bone marrow transplantation with genetically modified cells may prolong the period of cancer-free survival, suggests a study led by Dr.

Vivek Rangnekar, associate director of translational research for the Markey Cancer Center at the University of Kentucky.


 

Study suggests increase in public health spending results in hea...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Thu, 08/04/2011 - 22:00

(University of Kentucky) A recent study published in Health Affairs suggests that increases in public health spending results in healthier people, especially in communities with fewer resources.


 

Key mechanism identified in metastatic breast cancer

EurekAlert! - Cancer  Mon, 05/03/2010 - 22:00

(University of Kentucky) Researchers at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center have found that the SNAG domain of Snail1 acts as a molecular hook for recruiting LSD1 to repress gene expression in metastasis.


 

Kentucky research looks at respiratory weakness in ICU morbidity

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Thu, 01/28/2010 - 23:00

(University of Kentucky) A University of Kentucky researcher is investigating respiratory weakness as a factor in the morbidity of intensive-care patients and will soon be testing new treatments that could improve long-term patient outcomes while reducing costs of care.


 

Human cells secrete cancer-killing protein, UK study finds

EurekAlert! - Cancer  Wed, 07/22/2009 - 22:00

(University of Kentucky) The tumor-suppressor protein Par-4 is secreted by human and rodent cells and activates a novel extrinsic pathway involving cell surface GRP78 receptor for induction of apoptosis, researchers at the University of Kentucky led by Vivek Rangnekar announced in Cell.