• MRI images of MS patients and healthy controls that show that patients who had more than 8 scans using gadolinium-based contrast agents have areas of hyperintensity (brighter regions, white arrows) on the scans, indicating gadolinium deposition, compared to the scans of MS patients who had less than 8 scans and healthy controls.
    Gadolinium deposition occurs in early MS
    7/10/19

    A study found that while the commonly used imaging linear contrast agent does accumulate in the brain, there is no discernible clinical impact.

  • Rendering of a new administrative building for the CPNCK coffee cooperative.
    Coffee as a pathway to peace
    7/8/19

    In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, peace and economic opportunity are percolating, thanks to UB efforts to develop a more inclusive coffee value chain.

  • Jin Young Song stands under an arch constructed from SIMS prototypes, assembled in the corridor of Hayes Hall.
    Steel assembly proposal wins Forge Prize
    7/8/19

    The prototype by faculty member Jin Young Song features a structural module with a unique interlocked configuration that is easily assembled by a single worker.

  • Green vial being placed into colorful rack in a research lab.
    National network addresses clinical research roadblocks
    7/5/19

    The Trial Innovation Network is designed to pave the way for investigators to perform multi-site studies in more efficient and cost-effective ways.

  • Residents protesting AMA's demolishing exercise. Photo Credit: Innocent Owusu, Graphic Online, August 17, 2018.
    Analyzing land tenure in Ghana
    7/1/19

    The dual legal land systems in the African country lead to exploitation of the poor, according to a paper co-authored by UB urban planner Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah.

  • UB researcher Heather Ochs-Balcom pictured with African American women who participated in the Jewels in Our Genes study.
    Grant to fund follow-up to ‘Jewels in Our Genes’ study
    6/28/19

    The new study led by Heather Ochs-Balcom seeks to identify genes that are unique to breast cancer in African American women.

  • Scientist at Aesku.NY pipettes a solution containing cells onto a slide.
    Startup advances science of diagnosing autoimmune disease
    6/28/19

    UB partner Aesku.NY is developing new diagnostic tests that could ultimately improve care for patients coping with autoimmune diseases.

  • Silhouette of trump with a cellphone in his hands, twitter birds above.
    Trump's tweets bring Dems, GOP together
    6/26/19

    While they may be on opposite ends of the political spectrum, both parties disapprove of insults and false statements from the president.

  • Project partners gather to mark the formal dedication of "Life Support" exhibit that features a salvaged 400-year-old yellow box tree that was removed from a residential neighborhood.
    Dead tree gives new life to Australian landscape
    6/24/19

    UB architect Joyce Wang’s lastest “habitecture” project turns a dead, 400-year-old tree into a living habitat and art project.

  • Frank Scannapieco.
    Scannapieco earns IADR award
    6/21/19

    The prestigious Research in Oral Biology Award recognizes the UB faculty member's outstanding research in the field.

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