Imagine a pathogen that infects completely healthy people and can cause blindness in one day and flesh-eating infections, brain abscesses and death in just a few days. Now imagine that this pathogen is also resistant to all antibiotics.
Researchers at the Hunter James Kelly Research Institute (HJKRI) have been awarded a pair of grants for the investigation of mechanisms underlying axonal degeneration in certain neurological disorders.
Research led by Paresh Dandona, MD, PhD, has shown that adding liraglutide to insulin treatment for patients with Type 1 diabetes provides health benefits.
Newly published research led by Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD, professor of neurology, finds novel indicators for predicting worsening conditions in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
Decades of work on chronic obstructive pulmondary disease (COPD) at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System have yielded extraordinary information about the bacterial pathogen that does the most harm to patients.
Research by Ruogang Zhao, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, could streamline the drug-testing process for treatment of pulmonary fibrosis.
Noreen Williams, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology, has received the 2018 Stockton Kimball Award for outstanding scientific achievement and service.
Gratitude, reverence and respect were in evidence throughout a touching ceremony as more than 600 family members of individuals who donated their bodies to medical science gathered for the UB Anatomical Gift Program Memorial Service.
Two Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences students are among 10 statewide recipients of the new Diversity in Medicine scholarship funded by the New York State Legislature.
Stephen Rudin, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of radiology and director of radiation physics, has been named a fellow of SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics.
Technologies designed to track and eventually improve staffing levels in hospital emergency departments must be judiciously chosen, according to a new study published in the Journal of Emergency Nursing.
Research on neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) by Pinaki Sarder, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and anatomical sciences, is featured in Scientific Reports.
UB’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has awarded new grants that support promising translational research projects in Western New York.
Collaboration and a sense of community were on display at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences during a daylong event to address Buffalo’s African-American health disparities.
