Health and Medicine

News about UB’s health sciences programs and related community outreach. (see all topics)

Engineering students invited by Rep. Chris Collins to address Congress June 27 about hospital discharge app
6/25/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Listen to your mother.
UB Technology Incubator named world’s top life sciences university business incubator
6/17/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo Technology Incubator has been named the world’s top life sciences university incubator by the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, a Stockholm-based startup that provides expertise in starting and transforming incubators.
New study finds chemical TMT, even at low levels, may contribute to the global kidney stone epidemic
6/14/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – A study by researchers at UB and three Chinese research institutions is the first to demonstrate that low-level occupational exposure to the industrial chemical trimethyltin chloride (TMT) may be a risk factor for nephrolithiasis, or kidney stones.
Dangerous strains of E. coli may linger longer in water than benign counterparts, study finds
6/13/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A toxin dangerous to humans may help E. coli fend off aquatic predators, enabling strains of E. coli that produce the toxin to survive longer in lake water than benign counterparts, a new study finds.
Media Advisory: Buffalo’s next high-tech entrepreneurs put ideas to the test at Pre-Seed Workshop
6/11/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Ten budding entrepreneurs in the life sciences and high-tech fields will evaluate their ideas in a risk-free environment at a Pre-Seed Workshop hosted by the University at Buffalo’s New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.
UB, Empire Genomics partner with Life Technologies to accelerate innovative, genetics-based clinical research in Western New York
6/5/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. and CARLSBAD, Calif. — Empire Genomics, Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) and the University at Buffalo will embark on a new partnership to develop world-class gene sequencing facilities for genetics-based clinical research on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
The next frontier of wireless tech? Your body
5/31/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The military has for decades used sonar for underwater communication.
Preventing ‘traffic jams’ in brain cells
5/28/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — An Alzheimer’s disease protein controls the speed at which materials move through brain cells, and defects could lead to deadly pileups of the kind seen in neurodegenerative disease, a new publication finds.
Caffeine may enhance performance in athletes, but not in couch potatoes
5/23/13
Only exercise itself makes sedentary adults like it over time, but caffeine keeps them at it longer.
AMRI, Harmac Medical to be featured in life sciences career panel
5/20/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo’s New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences will partner with Superior Group to host a panel discussion for the community on pursuing or advancing a career in the life sciences, advanced manufacturing and related high-tech fields.

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