LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 12, 2021) The International Center at the University of Kentucky has announced the 2021 UK Global Impact Award (GIA) winners.
Recipients include faculty, staff and alumni who have significantly contributed to the university’s global engagement through education, research and service, as well as fostered a culturally diverse, welcoming environment that is conducive to comprehensive campus internationalization.
“After being presented with significant challenges to traveling and working across borders, this past year has reinforced just how interconnected our world really is, and how critically important international collaboration is in research and higher education,” Sue Roberts, associate provost for internationalization, said.
Coronavirus breakthrough in Amsterdam could reduce ICU admissions
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Scientists in Amsterdam say they have solved one of the most vexing puzzles of Covid-19: why some patients deteriorate rapidly just as the virus seems to be on the wane.
The team at the UMC teaching hospital found that while the majority of hospital patients recover, a few produce excessive numbers of antibodies, causing potentially fatal inflammation of the lungs.
The researchers also discovered that the inflammation could be treated with fostamatinib, a drug that was approved last year by the European Medicines Agency for auto-immune conditions, the Volkskrant reported.
Noted science writer explains why Coronavirus is lab-made
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New Delhi/New York, May 12 : Noted science writer Nicholas Wade, who has worked with some of the world s most distinguished science magazines and journals, penned an exhaustive article last week explaining why Coronavirus has all the hallmarks of being engineered in a laboratory.
Wade is the latest among many other experts on science-related issues to make such a claim. In his article on the origin of Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), he wrote, From early on, public and media perceptions were shaped in favour of the natural emergence scenario by strong statements from two scientific groups. These statements were not at first examined as critically as they should have been.
Pyrethrum: How One of the Oldest Natural Insecticides Keeps Mosquitoes Away
With mosquito season upon us, people are stocking up on repellents to prevent itchy bites. Bug repellents are important because they don’t just protect against the buzzing, blood-sucking little pests they also safeguard against the diseases they carry, which kill some 700,000 people worldwide each year.
Surprisingly, despite widespread use, no one understood exactly how most mosquito repellents keep the insects away. Now researchers are starting to uncover the first pieces of the puzzle.
A new study has identified a scent receptor in mosquitoes that helps them sniff out and avoid trace amounts of pyrethrum, a plant extract used for centuries to repel biting insects.