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May 13, 2024News

UofL, partners land $1 million to advance manufacturing technology

The University of Louisville and partners have been awarded $1 million from the National Science Foundation to accelerate manufacturing innovation throughout Kentucky and surrounding regions. Funding for the project, dubbed Advancing Manufacturing and Building Construction Technologies (NSF AMT), comes via an NSF Engines Development award through the NSF Regional Innovation Engines program.

Mass spectrometry image of a kidney showing changes characteristic of chronic kidney disease. (Photo by Dana Hammouri)

May 1, 2024News

UofL researchers honored for groundbreaking study linking cancer and kidney disease

A team of researchers at the University of Louisville has been honored for their pioneering work in uncovering a new connection between cancer treatment and kidney disease. Their award-winning study, named Paper of the Year by the American Journal of Physiology, sheds light on the heightened risk of kidney complications in cancer patients undergoing treatment.

UofL researchers are working to better understand how pollutants and other factors affect heart health. UofL illustration.

April 12, 2024News

UofL scientists gain $11.6 million to learn how chemical exposures affect heart health

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.