Research News

Some drugs used to treat diabetes mimic the behavior of a hormone that a UB psychologist has learned controls fluid intake in subjects, a finding that creates new awareness for diabetics, who already are at risk for dehydration.

UB researcher Alexander N. Cartwright, who serves as SUNY’s provost and executive vice chancellor, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

New research from UB scientists will help pharmacologists better understand how drugs work and how to make them more effective.

A new UB study has shown that smoking can inhibit the success of treatment for alcohol abuse, putting people who are addicted to both tobacco and alcohol in a double bind.

UB geophysicist Beata Csatho’s work provides the first detailed look at how the Greenland Ice Sheet is losing mass.

UB scientists have turned normal cell lines into “stem-like” cells using nothing more than mechanical stress.

UB researchers Lynn Kozlowski and Gary Giovino say more detailed data on daily cigarette use is needed to answer that question.

UB faculty member David Kofke has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.

Law professor Tara Melish was principal author of a brief filed on behalf of people with disabilities detained in Guatemala’s national psychiatric institution.

UB faculty member Barry Smith is the first philosopher to be named a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics.