Research

  • Finding a Potential Treatment for Severe Morning Sickness
    1/22/13

    Pregnant women suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum—the rare and debilitating morning sickness that afflicted Kate Middleton—benefit from the anti-seizure drug gabapentin, according to a small pilot study conducted by Thomas Guttuso Jr., MD.

  • UB to Share $12.1 Million State Grant for Stem Cell Study in MS
    1/15/13
    UB and two other upstate medical centers will lead a $12.1 million stem cell study aimed at halting the progression of disability in people with multiple sclerosis.
  • Postdoctoral Biochemist Awarded $40,000 Neuropathy Fellowship
    9/5/12

    Sophie Belin, PhD, a postdoctoral research scientist in biochemistry, has received the 2012 Peripheral Nerve Society Neuropathy Fellowship.

  • Pediatric MS Research Boosted by Sales of Custom License Plates
    5/22/12

    UB’s Jacobs Neurological Institute is receiving $10,000 from the sale of New York State license plates bearing the National Multiple Sclerosis Society logo to boost research into pediatric MS.

  • Multiple Sclerosis and CCSVI Share Risk Factors, UB Researchers Find
    12/9/11
    In the first study of its kind, UB researchers have found that the vascular condition CCSVI and multiple sclerosis share several risk factors.
  • NIH Funds Neuroscience and Pediatric Vision Collaborations
    10/19/11

    The UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is a key collaborator on $4.3 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health to support neuroscience and pediatric vision research.

  • Brain Inflammation May Cause Bone Loss in Multiple Sclerosis
    6/29/11

    Decreased mobility and steroid use may not be the only causes of osteoporosis in people with MS, a new UB study finds.

     

  • Children with Multiple Sclerosis Face Higher Risk of Obesity
    6/29/11

    Boys with a demyelinating disorder are twice as likely as girls to have a body mass index in the 95th percentile or greater.

  • Pregnancy in Women with MS May Mitigate MS Progression
    5/11/11

    Pregnancy appears to have a positive effect on long-term disability in women with two types of multiple sclerosis, UB neurology researchers have found.