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Can we be friends? Bacteria causing Legionnaire’s disease is just trying to find a home in human lungs

April 14, 2020

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Microbiologists at the University of Louisville have found that Legionella pneumophila uses a “tool” that allows it to thrive in an amoeba host and in human lung cells, but with very different results.

UofL researchers describe possible mechanism for link between obesity and breast cancer

April 13, 2020

It is widely accepted that higher levels of body fat increase the risk of developing breast cancer, as well as other cancers.

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UofL researchers publish theory that specific protein from adipose tissue promotes breast cancer development

April 13, 2020

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – It is widely accepted that higher levels of body fat increase the risk of developing breast cancer, as well as other cancers.