Thanks to a $5.6 million grant from the NIH, a UK College of Medicine team will study the culprit behind thoracic aortic aneurysms, which could lead to a treatment for the potentially deadly disease.
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Using novel imaging methods for studying brain metabolism, University of Kentucky researchers have identified the reservoir for a necessary sugar in the brain. Glycogen serves as a storage depot for the sugar glucose.
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The University of Kentucky has been selected as a site for PreventCovidU, a new study evaluating COVID-19 infection and transmission among post-secondary students vaccinated with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Students aged 18 to 26 who are enrolled in any post-secondary education including colleges, trade schools, technical schools, and online education may be eligible to participate.
This study will help definitively answer whether the FDA-authorized Moderna COVID-19 vaccine prevents the spread of the virus, not just illness in the person who’s vaccinated. This is an urgent question for the entire world, as we still don’t know if vaccinated people can develop asymptomatic infections that allow them to transmit the virus to others.
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