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Jason benedict looking at a crystal.

Crystals in a new light
2/12/26
A setback in growing light-responsive crystals led UB chemist Jason Benedict and his team to a novel method for mapping molecular arrangements.

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Higgins announces grant to UB
7/1/20
Jian Feng is principal investigator on the $2.2 million NIH grant to develop a method to diagnose Parkinson’s disease before clinical symptoms are present.
Time to talk about race in the workplace
6/30/20
Urban studies expert Henry Louis Taylor Jr. says this moment in history calls for a broad reimagining of societal institutions.
Nationwide EMS calls decline 26% since start of pandemic
6/29/20
The study also found that EMS-attended deaths have doubled, indicating that when EMS calls were made, they often involved a far more serious emergency.
Rethinking origin of rare disorder that causes blindness
6/26/20
UB scientist Steven Fliesler and his colleagues report findings that challenge what was previously believed to cause a form of retinitis pigmentosa.
Age bias laws don't protect older women as they do men
6/26/20
UB economist Joanne Song McLaughlin says older women faces with the possibility of both age and gender discrimination are "falling through the cracks."
Team uses protein, RNA to make hollow, spherical sacks
6/24/20
These bubble-like structures called vesicles — crafted without traditional lipid building blocks — could potentially be engineered to deliver drugs, scientists say.
Studying factors for poor COVID-19 outcomes, immunity
6/23/20
UB physicians have launched a project to explore both biomedical and public health factors of the pandemic.
Gardenia’s DNA shows that plants are marvelous chemists
6/22/20
The species’ newly sequenced genome highlights how evolutionary tinkering transforms plants into some of nature’s great chemical-makers.
Increasing access to behavioral health services
6/22/20
The School of Nursing project aims to integrate mental health and substance abuse treatment in primary care clinics in rural communities.
Can inhaled steroid help COVID-19 patients?
6/18/20
The UB study focuses on non-critical patients, who make up the majority of COVID-19 cases, and potentially pose the highest risk to spread the disease.

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