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UB and partners are developing new lung cancer screening test
3/13/23
Along with Roswell Park, For-Robin and USC, UB has secured $3.5 million to create a ‘liquid biopsy’ could help spot cancer sooner, improve treatment.
Boosting kidney transplants in Western New York
3/8/23
Like everyone who works in transplant medicine, Liise Kayler is keenly aware of the challenges and cruel ironies that plague kidney transplantation in general.
NIDCR deputy director, a UB alum, to speak at UB
3/1/23
Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque’s talk is part of dental medicine’s Student Research Day.
National study seeks patients with ATP1A3 mutations to better understand these disorders and discover potential treatments
2/27/23
Allison Brashear, MD, vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School, is recruiting patients for the NIH-funded study she is leading on people with ATP1A3 disorders.
Gene variations for immune and metabolic conditions have persisted in humans for more than 700,000 years
2/21/23
Genetic study of modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans points to the importance of ‘balancing selection’ in evolution.
UB’s Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences joins the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition
2/21/23
The partnership will help scientists better identify and monitor new pathogens, as well as analyze how known viruses are changing.
Andrea Manyon, MD, is new chair of the UB Department of Family Medicine
2/20/23
Andrea T. Manyon, MD, clinical professor and interim chair of the Department of Family Medicine in the Jacobs School, has been appointed chair of the department.
Pre-dental pathway program seeking applicants
2/17/23
Launched in 2021, Destination Dental School is open to underrepresented undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students.
To reverse aging in stem cells, NANOG gene ‘rewires’ metabolic networks
2/16/23
Two new studies build knowledge upon how stem cells work; could lead to new drugs for age-related diseases.
Rare disease research to be showcased at virtual Jacobs School event
2/14/23
On Feb. 28, the Jacobs School will hold a virtual event to recognize rare disease patients, their clinicians and the researchers working to discover the causes of these conditions and, ultimately, the cures.