Investigators at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have uncovered how heat causes a critical receptor protein within cells to unfold and relay pain, which could open up new therapeutic targets for treating pain.

A Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences researcher has received National Institutes of Health funding to gain better understanding of the neural mechanisms underpinning drug-mediated reward, persistent drug-taking and relapse behavior.

The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences hosted its first-ever Community Table event to celebrate the impactful partnerships formed between its first-year medical students and community-based organizations making a difference in Buffalo and Western New York.

Peter L. Elkin, MD, professor and chair of biomedical informatics, is a co-author on a new study to determine the current state-of-the-art with respect to usage of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), including large language models (LLM) and multimodal AI in academic universities.