• Ray Barrett holds a lacrosse stick as he and his mother, Bernice, pose in front of a lacrosse net.
    Landmark procedure on first adolescent sleep apnea patient
    8/27/25

    UB physicians say the next step is to offer the airway-opening surgery to adolescents with Down syndrome.

  • An illustration that shows various regions of body pain.
    Chronic pain surged in U.S. adults after pandemic
    8/25/25

    Although pain prevalence remained stable during the pandemic, researchers found a startling spike in 2023, with more than 10 million new cases.

  • Man at a crossroads.
    Breaking the habit
    8/21/25

    A UB study examining social norms and behaviorial rules found that shifting minds may be the key to shifting behaviors.

  • An illustration of the pig enzyme ST3Gal1 (green) bound to its sugar ligand (yellow sticks). Binding interfaces contains green (carbon), red (oxygen), and blue (nitrogen) surfaces.
    Scientists reengineer enzyme to study diseases via sugar patterns
    8/20/25

    The technology lays the groundwork for creating a library of sugar-recognizing proteins that may help detect and treat diverse illnesses.

  • Nick Salgia.
    MD/PhD student first author on major paper on kidney cancer
    8/20/25

    Nick Salgia is first author on the paper in Cancer Cell, one of the most respected journals in the field.

  • Textbook view of salivary glands.
    Immune system’s role in Sjogren’s disease
    8/19/25

    A $2.1 million NIH renewal grant is funding dental researcher Jill Kramer's study leading to possible treatments for the debilitating disorder.

  • Large group of people posing for a photo.
    Building bridges in structural biology
    8/18/25

    The thriving upstate New York structural biology community was apparent at the inaugural WNY Structural Biology Collaborative Symposium.

  • Chancellor John B. King Jr. and Venu Govindaraju.
    King marvels at speed of Empire AI
    8/15/25

    SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. received an update on UB's Empire AI-supported work during a visit to campus.

  • The Qiantang River tidal bore in Yanguan on the Hangzhou Bay.
    We now have the math to describe ‘matrix tides’
    8/15/25

    A UB study characterizes two-dimensional wave patterns, such as the undular bores seen in a Chinese river, that move along two directions.

  • Young woman sitting at a table with glucose-monitoring equipment.
    Link between prediabetes, mortality strongest for younger adults
    8/14/25

    Prediabetes is more life-threatening for people aged 20-54, UB researchers report in a paper published in JAMA Network Open.

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