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LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 1, 2021) — Thanks to a $5.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú team will study the culprit behind thoracic aortic aneurysms, which could lead to a treatment for the potentially deadly disease.

Twenty years ago, University of Kentucky researchers Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc, and Lisa Cassis, PhD, stumbled into a research method that contributed greatly to ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú’s cardiovascular research growth.

By Mallory Olsen (Click link for ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúnow story)