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Researchers receive gum disease patent

December 15, 2015

University of Louisville researchers recently received a patent on a synthetic biochemical compound and its variants, moving science closer to a treatment for gum disease.

UofL physician creating more efficient staff procedures for cardiac arrest at UofL Hospital

December 15, 2015

Lorrel Brown, M.D., assistant professor of cardiology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, is working to improve the way staff respond when a hospital patient experiences cardiac arrest.

Statewide children’s oral health surveillance initiative launches in Bullitt County

December 3, 2015

Delta Dental of Kentucky’s charitable initiative, Making Smiles Happen, in collaboration with the University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Kentucky Youth Advocates and several other partners, has launched a statewide oral health surveillance