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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.