Displaying items by tag: department of biostatistics
Findings show that mitochondrial DNA may strongly influence cellular metabolism and susceptibility to metabolic diseases like heart failure or obesity.
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Eating a southern-style diet, which is high in fried and processed foods, is the leading factor to explain why African-Americans have a higher risk of hypertension than whites.
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UAB's study of CBD oil for intractable epilepsy, funded by the State of Alabama under Carly's Law, shows that CBD oil reduces seizure frequency and severity in patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy.
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Adults who consume large amounts of sugary drinks may have a higher risk of dying from heart disease or other causes.
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Research findings that suggest free heme leads to bacterial pneumonia may reveal new approaches to improve safety of stored red blood cell transfusions.
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This microRNA is a biomarker for bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a disease that can lead to death or long-term disease in extremely low birth-weight infants.
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A study to better understand racial and regional differences in deaths from strokes will be funded through 2023 by a $20.4 million grant.
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The UAB School of Public Health awards Virginia Tech professor, recognizing her as a leader in biostatistics.
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UAB’s REGARDS study finds that disparities exist within men and older patients’ being prescribed stroke-preventing medication in the southeastern United States.
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This is the first demonstration of donor microbes persisting in the recipient following fecal transplant, a finding made possible by a novel method to “fingerprint” individual strains of bacteria.
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- school of medicine
- center for clinical and translational science
- department of microbiology
- department of cell developmental and integrative biology
- department of medicine
- division of infectious diseases
- department of biostatistics
- school of public health
- department of genetics
- heflin center for genomic science
Mitochondrial DNA moving to the nucleus contributes to genomic instability in cancer cells, and a novel Fiber-FISH technique can rapidly map the mitochondrial DNA insertions in nuclear genomes.
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A UAB study confirming the efficacy of surgical removal of the thymus for patients with myasthenia gravis was cited as one of the top neurology stories of the year by the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Older adults can develop cardiovascular risk factors later in life, according to a study from UAB.
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The biomarker, the protein kinase LRRK2, is a promising candidate for future exploration.
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Developing and maintaining a healthy relationship with food is a lifelong pursuit, not a sprint to the finish line. Start by eating real foods that you enjoy, and feed your body in a way that optimizes your own health.
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A potent compound discovered by UAB researchers in Antarctic waters could be a new weapon against a bacterial infection that kills thousands each year.
Blacks are four times more likely than their white counterparts to die from stroke at age 45.
Among black men, those with a high degree of West African genetic ancestry have less abdominal fat than those with a lower degree.
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The UAB course was part of a master’s degree program in bioinformatics for researchers in Mali, where malaria is a scourge.
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Research shows blacks are nearly three times more likely to have a stroke at age 45 than whites.
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