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Trees planted along Watterson Expressway/Interstate 264 in Louisville, KY for the Green Heart Louisville Project.
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Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute awarded $11 million in new grants

September 6, 2024
Betty Coffman

Researchers in the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute have secured $11.27 million in new grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense to fund projects related to card

A residential area showing trees and shrubs added for the Green Heart Louisville Project. Photo by Mike Wilkinson for The Nature Conservancy.
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UofL Green Heart Project: residents' inflammation lower after trees added to neighborhoods

August 27, 2024
Betty Coffman

The University of Louisville’s groundbreaking Green Heart Louisville Project has found that people living in neighborhoods where the number of trees and shrubs was more than doubled showed lower levels of a blood marker of inflammation than those

UofL cardiologist Roberto Bolli, center, with team members working in a biomedical laboratory.
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UofL cardiologist leading clinical trial for high potential new therapy for heart failure

August 6, 2024
Betty Coffman

A new stem cell therapy for heart failure is being tested in patients at the University of Louisville and UofL Health.