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UofL researchers advocate clinical trials for CBD in COVID-19 treatment

January 24, 2022

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from several institutions headed by the University of Chicago and including the University of Louisville has found evidence that cannabidiol (CBD), a product of the cannabis plant, can inhibit infection by

New gene therapy for heart failure developed by UofL researchers

January 24, 2022

A UofL research team has refined a process in which specific genes administered to heart muscle cells stimulate the cells to divide, with the goal of restoring heart function following a heart attack. Tamer M.A.

UofL researchers, healers honored as Health Care Heroes

January 13, 2022

Several University of Louisville researchers, innovators and healers have been recognized by Louisville Business First as