Multitasking taste cells can sense bitter, sweet, sour and umami stimuli, challenging scientists’ understanding of how taste buds work.

UB earthworm expert Nick Henshue says the "jumping" worms reduce leaf litter, which is disruptive to the ecosystems of forests.

The study found there was a higher proportion of children from alcoholic families that used substances as adolescents compared with those from non-alcoholic families.

UB biologists Soo-Kyung Lee and Jae Lee — whose daughter, Yuna, has FOXG1 syndrome — are among scientists researching the disorder.

In treating Alzheimer’s disease, precision medicine and genotyping of patients could make a critical difference, UB researchers say.

The UB chemist is a key member of the Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures, which is led by the University of Rochester.

The preclinical study is the first to use a pneumonia vaccine that is on the market, instead of a model antigen, to study the immune response triggered by the vaccine.

The UB-led study found that elevated heart rate in children with dilated cardiomyopathy increases their risk of dying or needing a heart transplant.

UB sociologist Christopher Dennison's research suggests factors contributing to one behavior are similar to those contributing to the other.

The UB-led study found the male hormone reversed the condition in one-third of men with Type 2 diabetes.