A team of researchers, including a pair of doctors from the University of Louisville Department of Medicine, has shown red table grapes produce substances that enable intestinal stem cells in mice to continue functioning even as colitis is introduced into their intestinal tract.

The study, led by Dr. Huang-ge Zhang of the U of L Department of Microbiology and Immunology, also included Drs. Donald Miller and Jun Yan of the DOM's Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology.

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A doctor from the University of Louisville Department of Medicine is garnering international acclaim.

Julio Ramirez, M.D., FACP, Chief of the U of L Division of Infectious Diseases, has been named the recipient of the 2013 ERS Presidential Award.

"This award is the result of the years of hard work of our University Clinical and Translational Research team in the area of pneumonia," Ramirez said.

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