Blacks more willing to exhaust finances for cancer care
Blacks, Hispanics and Asians are more likely than whites to spend their life savings to extend life; preferences could inform cancer care.
Walter earns $300,000 grant for lupus research
Future of personalized cancer care is promising and near
By mapping a patient’s genome, and their tumor’s, with whole-genome sequencing, physicians can use more targeted therapies.
UAB student wins Ford Foundation Fellowship
Christophe E. Jackson, a doctoral student in the Department of Biology, has been awarded a 2011 Ford Foundation Fellowship in its dissertation competition.
UAB student awarded NSF grant for graduate research
A UAB student has won a prestigious National Science Foundation grant; three UAB students received honorable mentions.
Three biomarkers better predict kidney disease, complications
Adding cystatin C to a diagnostic panel revealed one person in six who had chronic kidney disease that was undetected using the conventional test.
UAB student awarded DAAD-RISE scholarship, internship
Joseph Olson, a junior in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a scholarship to attend the prestigious Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD)-RISE summer internship program.
King crabs invade Antarctica, could jeopardize cures for disease
UAB’s Jim McClintock investigates the invasion, a bellwether of climate warming
Deep-space travel could create heart woes for astronauts
Energy-use policy must balance benefits, risks of sources
