Jeff Hansen

Jeff Hansen

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Research Editor

jeffhans@uab.edu • (205) 209-2355

Communicates UAB research discoveries and initiatives from across the university for a variety of audiences.

Specific beats include: biochemistry; cell, developmental and integrated biology; microbiology; molecular genetics; neurobiology; pathology; pharmacology and tocixology; Alabama Drug Discovery Alliance; Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Link between chronic kidney disease and heart failure is identified in patients

Link between chronic kidney disease and heart failure is identified in patients
Coronary microvascular dysfunction is a precursor to later heart disease, heart failure and possible death.

Unrecognized genetic variation in research mouse models can affect immune cells

Unrecognized genetic variation in research mouse models can affect immune cells
Unsuspected genetic variation among strains of mice can surreptitiously confound data results.

Human fetal lungs harbor a microbiome signature

Human fetal lungs harbor a microbiome signature
This microbiome signature suggests that bacteria, or bacterial products, colonize the lungs far before birth.

Pathogenic Alzheimer’s disease cascade is activated by faulty norepinephrine signaling

Pathogenic Alzheimer’s disease cascade is activated by faulty norepinephrine signaling

Study points to a potential immediate treatment for this devastating disease.

Persistence of gut microbial strains in twins, living apart after cohabitating for decades

Persistence of gut microbial strains in twins, living apart after cohabitating for decades
A genomics tool can determine whether twins maintained identical gut strains, even after living apart for years.

Extra benefit from epilepsy neurostimulators — reducing comorbid neuropsychiatric symptoms

Extra benefit from epilepsy neurostimulators — reducing comorbid neuropsychiatric symptoms

Case studies show five people who found better treatments for neuropsychiatric symptoms from data collected while patients were at home.

Cancer therapy may be aided by induced macropinocytosis, a rarely reported form of cell death

Cancer therapy may be aided by induced macropinocytosis, a rarely reported form of cell death

In preclinical experiments, a metabolic inhibitor killed a variety of human cancer cells of the skin, breast, lung, cervix and soft tissues.

The smart-dumb question, a key to writing about — and understanding — immunology

The smart-dumb question, a key to writing about — and understanding — immunology
The UAB freshman immunology honors seminar recently held a Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporter Matt Richtel.

Novel bioprinter shows potential to speed tissue engineering

Novel bioprinter shows potential to speed tissue engineering

Engineered tissue from a bioprinter has promise for organ regeneration or replacement.

Professor and marathoner helps put blood cancer on the run

Professor and marathoner helps put blood cancer on the run
A distance runner since high school, Adam Wende now has a more powerful reason to run 26 miles.
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