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UofL researcher part of international team to discover bacterial pathogen in Alzheimer’s patients
January 24, 2019
New science uncovers how an unlikely culprit, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) – the bacterium commonly associated with chronic gum disease – appears to drive Alzheimer’s disease pathology.
UofL’s McMasters gives moving speech on difference between patient treatment and care
January 22, 2019
In a moving speech on the difference between palliative “treatment” and palliative “care,” the University of Louisville’s Kelly McMasters, MD, PhD, gave the keynote lecture last week at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Gastrointestinal
UofL students digging up the dirt on bacteria in soil
January 18, 2019
UofL students are conducting research on bacteria in soil to determine what bacteria can be used as a self-renewing fertilizer. Biology professor Paul Himes is leading this research study in hopes of renewing damaged soil in polluted areas.