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Program offers specialized care for adult congenital heart disease

Nearly one in every 100 babies is born with some type of heart defect, making congenital heart disease the most common birth defect. But thanks to advances in medical care, more than 90 percent of these children now survive well into adulthood.

What ever happened with the artificial heart?

February 3, 2016

At the next edition of Beer with a Scientist, Steven Koenig, PhD, a professor and endowed chair in the Departments of Bioengineering and Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the University of Louisville, and Mark Slaughter, MD, chair of the Dep

Conn Center researcher working on Li-air battery

January 26, 2016

Most car drivers can travel several hundred miles on a tank of gas. But what if you could drive hundreds - or 1,000 - miles in a car powered by a renewable energy source that doesn’t need any gasoline?