Health and Medicine

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UB pharmacologist awarded $400,000 grant to improve antibody delivery in lungs
6/7/17
Javier G. Blanco, associate professor in the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, received a $400,000 grant from the NICHD to investigate how therapeutic antibodies are handled in the human lung.
Eiden named chair of study section in NIH’s Center for Scientific Review
6/6/17
Rina Das Eiden, senior research scientist in UB’s Research Institute on Addictions, has been named chair of the Psychosocial Development, Risk and Prevention Study Section in the NIH’s Center for Scientific Review.
UB program for underrepresented minority students in biomedical PhD programs wins coveted renewal
6/2/17
National Institutes of Health saw successful impact of scholarship program.
Tripathi and Johnson urge resistance to federal cap on research costs
6/1/17
UB President Satish K. Tripathi and RPCI President and CEO Candace Johnson today strongly urged members of the Western New York congressional delegation to resist a Trump administration budget proposal to cap federal spending on costs essential to conducting research.
Commercializing structural biology knowledge can save money and speed drug discovery
6/1/17
HarkerBIO is a small company with a lot of brain power.
Supportive housing improves health of formerly homeless people with HIV/AIDS
5/31/17
Ask Elizabeth Bowen about the intersection of homelessness and HIV/AIDS in the United States and she’ll respond without hesitation, “Housing equals health.”
25 companies to pitch at premiere entrepreneur event on June 28
5/25/17
Twenty-four of the best and brightest regional companies have been selected to participate in the University at Buffalo’s Bright Buffalo Niagara Entrepreneur Expo on June 28 at the Hotel Henry.
Using the body’s own cells as biosensors the goal of Buffalo start-up
5/24/17
Efferent Labs’ device allows real-time data to be collected from inside a patient.
UB researcher awarded two grants to study PrEP benefits and barriers
5/24/17
One study will look at the barriers to PrEP usage through interviews with patients and clinicians, while the other will investigate a less invasive method for measuring PrEP adherence.
Ineffective antibiotics form strong teams against deadly super bacteria
5/23/17
A UB-led team of researchers found that combinations of three antibiotics – that are each ineffective against superbugs when used alone – are capable of eradicating two of the six ESKAPE pathogens when delivered together.

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