Health and Medicine

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

Pharmacy school AI lab evolving to improve drug development, advance clinical research
10/1/25
Lab director optimistic about more effective treatments for MS and Alzheimer's disease.
Study: Older adults with prediabetes who have low levels of education are at highest risk for developing cardiovascular complications
10/1/25
The study found that limited education — defined as those who did not graduate high school — consistently predicted worse outcomes across all three major cardiometabolic indicators.
Chester Gary wins top two 2025 Williams J. Gies Editorial Awards
9/29/25
Restorative dentistry faculty member addresses AI truths, dentists’ relationship with insurance providers.
UB oral biology researchers receive NIH grant to create miniature tooth model
9/29/25
Use of pluripotent stem cells opens door to future regenerative dental therapies.
Study: Researchers produce the first-ever image of an open NMDA receptor
9/24/25
Researchers have captured for the first time and in exquisite detail pictures of NMDA receptors in a fully open conformation.
Researcher’s AI-powered drug discovery tool supported by Empire AI
9/22/25
Thomas Grant secures $2.18 million grant to pioneer protein-studying tool that could lead to new and personalized medicine.
Engineers uncover why tiny particles form clusters in turbulent air
9/19/25
Finding could improve predictions for wildfire smoke, extreme rainfall, pharmaceutical development and more.
Study: In lab animals exposed to cocaine, High-Intensity Interval Training boosts aversion to the drug
9/17/25
Researchers reveal that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) was more effective than moderate exercise in making adolescent lab animals avoid cocaine.
Oral biology postdoc to examine periodontal disease through AI lens
9/16/25
Researcher receives NIH Pathway to Independence Award, will work with UB mentors.
Media Advisory: A health equity action plan for Western New York is the focus of UB’s Igniting Hope 2025 conference
9/12/25
Igniting Hope 2025, focused on “Building a Community Plan for Health Equity,” will be held on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

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