Health and Medicine

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

UB professor awarded $1.8 million grant to improve targeted cancer therapies
7/9/20
UB professor Joseph Balthasar received a new $1.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to improve the delivery of targeted therapies to cancer cells.
Meet baker’s yeast, the budding, single-celled fungus that fluffs your bread
7/9/20
The pandemic has caused a run on baker’s yeast. It’s a marvelous organism, as UB scientists explain
National organizations tap researchers to establish registries, develop guidelines for treating children with COVID-19
6/30/20
Guidelines for evaluating and treating children infected with COVID-19 and key issues in health care that the pandemic has brought to light are covered in recent publications by UB pediatrics researchers.
UB dental students 3D print free face shields for local dentists
6/24/20
UB dental students are using 3D printers to supply UB and Western New York dentists with protective equipment as local practices return to providing oral health care.
School of Nursing awarded $1.5M for mental health in rural communities
6/23/20
The grant will also provide substance abuse treatment in rural and medically underserved areas in Western New York.
Scientists use protein, RNA to make hollow, spherical sacks called vesicles
6/23/20
Such bubble-like structures — crafted without traditional lipid building blocks — could potentially be engineered to deliver drugs, researchers say.
Plants are marvelous chemists, as the gardenia’s DNA shows
6/18/20
The species’ newly sequenced genome highlights how evolutionary tinkering transforms plants into some of nature’s great chemical-makers.
Poor outcomes in COVID-19 and immunity to the virus: UB physicians study factors at play
6/18/20
UB physicians have launched a project to explore both biomedical and public health factors of the pandemic.
Study: Without adequate rest, caregivers struggle to aid family members with dementia
6/18/20
Nurses should routinely assess caregivers suffering from poor sleep, depression and fatigue.
UB, Cannon Design work to improve DIY fabric mask production
6/17/20
UB partnership with local industry has engineered a DIY fabric mask that is a potentially high-performing alternative to industrial solutions like the N95 mask, and is affordable and scalable.

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