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UofL researchers strive to extend the storage life of blood

December 4, 2017

The blood that millions of people donate daily can only be stored up to six weeks before it must be used in a transfusion.

Toxicology researchers help prep rural high school students for academic competition

December 1, 2017

Researchers in the University of Louisville Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology spoke with Future Problem Solvers this week from two rural Kentucky high schools in hopes o

UofL Hospital opens new center to treat hepatitis C

November 30, 2017

University of Louisville Hospital opened a new center today to treat hepatitis C, a particular problem in Kentucky, which has the highest infection rate in the country.