Health and Medicine

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

UB spinoff Cytocybernetics looks to move into new market with funding from NIH
10/17/18
New SBIR award will enable the company to develop a device for studying drugs that treat neurological disorders.
How does brain structure influence performance on language tasks?
10/17/18
Computational modeling shows promise as a tool for probing this question, a study finds.
Gov. Cuomo names UB expert to statewide task force on hepatitis C virus
10/17/18
Talal uses telemedicine and other innovations to treat hepatitis C virus in people who inject drugs.
UB earns grant to train big data scientists studying dementia
10/10/18
The University at Buffalo School of Nursing received a $270,000 grant to train the next generation of biomedical data scientists in the study of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
UB builds escape room to teach nursing, pharmacy students teamwork
10/9/18
To improve teamwork and communication between nursing and pharmacy students, the UB School of Nursing and School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have turned to escape rooms, the mystery-themed game, for interprofessional training.
Study: Sexes differ when it comes to comfort during and after exercise
10/8/18
Study is the first to highlight sex differences in thermal behavior and could one day inform the development of new athletic apparel.
Stem cells will “change medicine forever,” says UB surgeon-turned-stem cell engineer
10/8/18
Using human stem cells, his lab is developing technologies and tools to grow personalized, three-dimensional internal organs, such as the liver and pancreas.
Vaccinating humans to protect mosquitoes from malaria
10/8/18
Immunized people would transmit anti-malarial proteins to the insects that bite them, reducing spread of the deadly disease.
UB welcomes first fellows of $1.1 million training program to improve study of Zika, HIV and other viruses
10/3/18
The University at Buffalo has accepted the first cohort of fellows into the Global Infectious Diseases Research Training Program, a $1.1 million program formed to train 15 scientists from the Caribbean in viral infection research.
Portable cancer test uses smartphone, new gold biosensor
10/3/18
System may improve early detection, especially in developing countries.

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