Findings show that mitochondrial DNA may strongly influence cellular metabolism and susceptibility to metabolic diseases like heart failure or obesity.
According to the authors, genetic counselors represent a unique resource for the public, patients and other medical professionals and should be more fully incorporated into the health care setting.
UAB has been designated as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public Land-grant Universities.
More than 350 patients were cared for by School of Dentistry faculty, students and community volunteers.
After a series of breakthroughs that researcher Steven Rowe calls "one of the most remarkable stories in modern medicine," the majority of patients with cystic fibrosis can now be treated with highly effective therapies. The next step: adapting these treatments to COPD, asthma and a host of other conditions.
Dawson, a junior majoring in neuroscience, also won the Interview and Talent awards and was awarded $2,900 in scholarships.
A company founded by two UAB students continues to find success through entrepreneur competition.
The project is funded by the UAB Benevolent Fund, the employee charitable arm of UAB.
Lindeman was honored at a ceremony Oct. 3 in Chicago.
For the fifth consecutive year, UAB Medicine has earned “Most Wired” status for use of information technology in improving patient care.
A study of how experimental inhibitors bind a key flu protein may guide novel antiviral compounds.
The panel will include artists and creative arts therapists using a variety of creative arts to help individuals on their paths of recovery.
On the program for “A Piano Event Encounter with Japanese Music” are autumn songs, Japanese nursery rhymes, Japanese/American anime songs, and more.
As a fellow, Shelburne will complete “The Castaways,” a long-form narrative journalism piece about aging men serving life without parole for nonviolent crimes.
This week, UAB's successes were highlighted in the president's annual address, Dentistry offered free care in the community and students got to trick-or-treat with nonprofit agencies.
Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’s Film and Speaker Series features legal scholar to discuss influence of United States laws and treaties on indigenous people.
Pavela will serve as the chair-elect and then chair of the Ethics Section for the American Public Health Association.
A partnership between the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center and Lung Cancer Alliance will expand community health education in the Deep South to reach Alabamians most at-risk for lung cancer.
A summer learning program from UAB and HudsonAlpha will help boost the ranks of underrepresented minorities in genomics.
New wearable health monitoring devices can help you stay informed, but should they be relied on heavily?