• UB Biorepository, in the Clinical and Translational Research Center, has the capacity to collect, process, store and distribute millions of biological specimens. The UB Biorepository program is designed to advance discovery and innovation in health care.
    UB preps to reopen research activities
    5/19/20

    While stay-away orders haven't yet been lifted, now is the time to prepare for reopening labs, UB administrators stress at a virtual town hall.

  • A doctor measures a patient's waistline.
    People get fatter as country gets richer
    5/18/20

    As a nation’s coffers grow, so do the waistlines of its citizens, according to new research from the School of Management.

  • This figure shows a large quantity of human cells (labeled green) in a 17-day old mouse embryo (labeled blue). Most of the human cells are red blood cells, which are accumulated in the mouse fetal liver.
    Scientists generate millions of mature human cells
    5/15/20

    The advance could eventually lead to game-changing stem cell treatments for critical diseases, and better models of infectious diseases like COVID-19.

  • Interior of an ancient drugstore. Weighing machine in the foreground. A drugstore-museum in Lvov Ukraine.
    Repurposing drug to fight ulcers
    5/15/20

    Researchers supported by UB oral biologist Keith Kirkwood found that the century-old drug Suramin may be a promising treatment for oral mucositis and diabetic foot ulcers.

  • Coronavirus.
    Loss of taste or smell predicts positive COVID-19 test
    5/14/20

    The UB study of 961 health care workers could shift test criteria.

     

  • Pharmacy researcher in the lab.
    UB pharmacy researchers awarded more than $10 million
    5/11/20

    The funding will be used to study such topics as superbugs, HIV, obesity and COPD.

  • A judge's gavel lies on top of scattered $100 dollar bills.
    Providing child support after prison
    5/8/20

    A UB-led study found that state policies limiting an employer's access to criminal records may miss the mark in helping fathers provide financial support to their children.

  • Banner for Sofia learns about research website.
    ‘Sofia’ goes virtual
    5/8/20

    The activity and coloring book designed to help reduce the fear and uncertainty children have about participating in research now has a web version.

  • Andrew Talal.
    Methadone dosing could be more precise, study says
    5/7/20

    The study led by UB's Andrew Talal on how methadone is metabolized reveals how more individualized prescribing could better serve patients.

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    UB scientists uncover cellular mechanism in Krabbe disease
    5/7/20

    Newly published research could lead to improved treatments and better outcomes for patients with the progressive, fatal neurological disease.

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