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Potatoes may have shaped genetic makeup of Indigenous Andeans
5/6/26
A study found that natural selection favored those with a high number of starch-digesting genes following the domestication of potatoes in the Andes.

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'Master switch' for myelination
7/3/14
UB scientists have identified the single transcription factor, or “master switch,” that initiates the critical myelination process in the brain, a finding that is key to developing MS treatments using stem cells.
UB physician receives abstract award
6/30/14
An abstract by UB faculty member Nitesh D. Kuhadiya on his research on Type 1 diabetes and liraglutide has won the Helmsley Charitable Trust Abstract Award.
Algae blooms safeguard bacteria
6/26/14
UB researchers have found that green algae in the Great Lakes not only protect bacteria such as E. coli and salmonella from destruction by the sun’s ultraviolet rays, but feed the organisms as well.
LaVigne named CEO of Launch NY
6/26/14
Marnie LaVigne, who has guided UB’s economic development efforts since 2005, is leaving the university to become CEO of Launch NY.
UB co-sponsors pavilion at biotech convention
6/26/14
UB co-sponsored New York's pavilion at BIO International Convention, the world’s largest event for the biotechnology industry.
UB partners on pesticide project in Egypt
6/19/14
UB faculty members James Olson and Matthew Bonner are members of an interdisciplinary research team studying pesticide workers in Egypt.
Seizure drug may help severe morning sickeness
6/19/14
The $1.3 million NIH-funded study will test drug’s effectiveness in treating hyperemesis gravidarum.
Boys and girls reactions to caffeine
6/18/14
After puberty, boys and girls experience different heart rate and blood pressure changes after consuming caffeine.
Fighting resistant 'superbugs'
6/18/14
A $4.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow UB researchers to fight "superbugs" using an old antibiotic.
Vision scientist elected to board
6/13/14
UB faculty member Steven Fliesler as been elected to the board of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the world's largest eye research society.

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