Health and Medicine

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

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.
Researchers reveal the infection risks oral mucositis poses to stem cell transplant patients, introduce AI tool to predict them
9/8/25
Patients undergoing stem cell transplants for blood cancers who develop oral mucositis are at nearly four times the risk of developing a severe infection.

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