Research by UB cardiologists suggests that imaging for loss of
nerve function in the heart may help identify patients who are at
high risk of sudden cardiac arrest and therefore most likely to
benefit from an implantable cardiac defibrillator.
UB’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) is
rapidly becoming one of the most highly sought opportunities in the
U.S. for undergraduates interested in exploring biomedical
research.
Students from the Department of Biotechnical and Clinical
Laboratory Sciences presented research at the Master’s Level
Graduate Research Conference in Brockport.
Zhen Yan and colleagues have found proof at a molecular level
that chronic stress during adolescence leads to memory impairment
and possibly triggers mental illness.
Kunle Odunsi, director of RPCI’s Center for Immunotherapy
and UB professor of gynecology and obstetrics, is leading a phase 1
clinical trial of the dendritic cell vaccine.
Paresh Dandona and colleagues have received a grant to further a
study that found that a drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes could
also help Type 1 diabetics.
The $400,000 award furthers Gabriela Popescu’s efforts to
find drugs that allow NMDA receptors to perform essential brain
functions while stopping signals that are toxic to brain cells in
stroke and neurodegenerative disease.
With ongoing support from Research to Prevent Blindness, UB
ophthalmology researchers are making discoveries that advance
understanding of eye diseases.
