Health and Medicine

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Stem Cell Research Helps to Identify Origins of Schizophrenia
1/22/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – New University at Buffalo research demonstrates how defects in an important neurological pathway in early development may be responsible for the onset of schizophrenia later in life.
UB’s School of Social Work Renames Its Popular Podcast
1/22/13
BUFFALO, N.Y – The University at Buffalo’s School of Social Work has renamed its successful bi-weekly podcast series, capping a six-month effort that included a listener contest to find a new name for the popular and educational social work feature.
Experts Available to Discuss Obama’s Gun Law Proposals and Mass Shootings in the U.S.
1/16/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Faculty experts from the University at Buffalo are available to discuss gun violence and mass shootings in the U.S. and President Obama’s proposals to toughen gun laws.
Seven Awesome UB Inventions From 2012
1/7/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Nanoparticles that “teach” the immune system to tolerate protein-based drugs. Vascular grafts that could stimulate regeneration of blood vessels in a patient’s body.
New Vaccine Research Aims to Prevent Recurrent Ear Infections
1/7/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Children’s ear infections cause more than pain and sleepless nights; they temporarily disrupt hearing when children are at a critical age for speech and language development. They also have major social and economic costs.
Verbal Aggression: You May Have Picked It Up In the Womb, Says New Study
1/4/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Research on the communication trait of verbal aggressiveness, which includes behavior like name calling, ridicule, insults, racial epithets and threats, has tended to focus on its social causes.
Tonus Therapeutics Moves Into Center of Excellence
12/18/12
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Tonus Therapeutics, a University at Buffalo spin-off company, has opened its first-ever headquarters in UB’s New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.
If You’re a College Student Abusing Prescription Drugs, Read This
12/13/12
BUFFALO, N.Y. – In its ongoing mission to raise community awareness of the latest trends in substance use and abuse, the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) announced receipt of a new grant and release of an expert summary on the subject of prescription drug abuse.
Sjogren's Syndrome: New Discovery by UB and Immco Makes Early Diagnosis A Reality for the First Time
12/12/12
Patients suffering from the painful autoimmune disease, Sjogren's Syndrome, will soon be able to be properly diagnosed much earlier, thanks to the discovery of novel antibodies by researchers at the University at Buffalo and Immco Diagnostics, Inc.
Needs of Frail People and Vulnerable Elders to be Focus of New UB Institute
12/12/12
The University at Buffalo has announced the launch of a new international institute designed to meet the unique needs of one of the most vulnerable populations: persons with chronic illness, frailty and physical or cognitive impairments.