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UofL researcher explores what happens in our brains when we die

February 23, 2022

Neurosurgeon Ajmal Zemmar and colleagues have recorded the activity of a dying human brain for the first time and discovered rhythmic brain wave patterns around the time of death that are similar to those occurring during dreaming, memory recall a

Lifelong passion for science and nature led John Pierce Wise Sr. to study how metals cause lung cancer

February 4, 2022

John Pierce Wise, professor in the UofL Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, has studied the connection between exposure to metals and cancer for nearly three decades.

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