Last unknown structure of HIV-1 solved, another step in efforts to disarm the AIDS virus
Written by Jeff Hansen
This structure will further explain how the virus infects human cells and how progeny viruses are assembled, and it may be a point of attack to disarm the virus.
The ESFA was founded in 1997 after the sale of the Callahan Eye Hospital to UAB, and has a mission of awarding grants to nonprofits conducting vision research, education and patient care.
UAB Hospital has received a 2017 Women’s Choice Award for being one of America’s Best Breast Centers in the United States.
‘Easy inspiration’ sparks Medical Properties Trust $2.5 million gift to UAB’s Comprehensive Diabetes Center
Written by Emily Henagan
The $2.5 million gift from Medical Properties Trust begins a campaign that will ultimately raise $7.5 million in resources to expand and accelerate the center’s research efforts.
Fouad has worked to establish the validity of health disparities as a national scientific research priority.
Saving hearts after a heart attack: Overexpression of a cell-cycle activator gene enhances repair of dead heart muscle
Written by Jeff Hansen
Overexpression of CCND2 increased growth and division of grafted heart muscle cells, resulting in better heart function and decreased size of dead tissue.
Plant-based diet converts breast cancer in mice from lethal to treatable form
Written by Katherine Stephen
Researchers use compounds found in a combination plant-based diet to successfully prevent and treat ER-negative breast cancer in mice.
UAB announces an expansion, giving it the fastest supercomputer in Alabama by far
Written by Jim Bakken
UAB now has far and away the fastest supercomputer in Alabama, accelerating the volume and speed at which transformational education, research and medical care can occur.