Latest news briefs from UAB
Monday, April 11, 2011
Harper appointed to endowed chair in nursing
Monday, April 11, 2011
Watts appointed to endowed chair in medicine
Friday, April 08, 2011
UAB launches drug trial aimed at triple-negative breast cancers
Tigatuzumab, developed at UAB with Daiichi-Sankyo, targets aggressive, hard-to-treat tumors that make up 25 percent of all breast cancers
Friday, April 08, 2011
King crabs invade Antarctica, could jeopardize cures for disease
UAB’s Jim McClintock investigates the invasion, a bellwether of climate warming
Thursday, April 07, 2011
UAB names Farley director of Academic and Student Services Operations
Farley will direct campuswide student support services and lead the renovation and expansion of the Hill University Center
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Deep-space travel could create heart woes for astronauts
Cosmic radiation could be problematic for future astronauts’ arteries, but research could soon inform care for Earth-bound cancer patients.
Monday, April 04, 2011
Tanning beds no safer than the sun
All tanning should be avoided, but you can still get a summer glow
Monday, April 04, 2011
Matalon named editor of American Journal of Physiology – Lung
Monday, April 04, 2011
Research could lead to more efficient electronic components
Three professors have won National Science Foundation Career Awards — a prize that the foundation describes among its most prestigious.
Monday, April 04, 2011
Energy-use policy must balance benefits, risks of sources
Julia Gohlke investigates the link between coal consumption, electricity use and health to weigh the implications for energy policy.
