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UofL researchers examining ethical issues surrounding biorepositories

May 10, 2017

Who owns your blood once you give permission to use it for research? That is the bioethical question a UofL researcher is working on with the help of a 3-year grant from the National Human Genome Institute.

Grawemeyer Award recipients: Inspiration, innovation and action for a better world

May 4, 2017

“We’re going to engage you in a discussion of a political, controversial issue,” said Paula McAvoy to the nearly 30 Central High School students assembled in the school library.

UofL to host Nobel chemist known for bridging science, diplomacy

April 28, 2017

Biochemist Peter Agre won the Nobel Prize for work on what has been described as the plumbing system of cells but he also will be discussing science in a more global way when he visits UofL.