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Sanders-Brown director Linda Van Eldik honored with international lifetime achievement award for Alzheimer’s research

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By Hillary Smith
| UKNow
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 13, 2026) — University of Kentucky researcher and internationally recognized Alzheimer’s disease expert Linda Van Eldik, Ph.D., has received one of the field’s highest honors, the Khalid Iqbal Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer’s Disease Research. Van Eldik, director of the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and a professor in the UK College of Medicine, received the award during the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference July 12 in London.
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UK researchers investigating one gene's role in influencing cancer and dementia

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By Hillary Smith
| Messenger Inquirer Verified
Researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging have uncovered evidence that a single genetic variant may influence the risk of two of the diseases people fear most — dementia and cancer — but in opposite ways.
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One gene, two diseases: Study reveals opposing dementia and cancer risks

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By Hillary Smith, Lisa Lock, Andrew Zinin Verified
| Medical Xpress Verified
Biological trade-off model of GRN rs5848. PGRN: progranulin. Credit: Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology (2026). DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlag051 Researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging have uncovered evidence that a single genetic variant may influence the risk of two of the diseases people fear most—dementia and cancer—but in opposite ways.
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