April 2024

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UofL researchers are working to better understand how pollutants and other factors affect heart health. UofL illustration.
Heart disease is the number one cause of death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, but scientists still do not understand all the factors that affect heart health. University of Louisville environmental medicine researchers are working to better understand how natural, social and personal environments affect health, particularly the cardiovascular system.
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Spinal cord therapy research participant Jeff Marquis stands during therapy. Photo by Jessica Ebelhar.
University of Louisville researchers and their collaborators have won a Phase 2 prize in a $9.8 million National Institutes of Health innovation competition aimed at helping spinal cord injury patients regain function.
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