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The General Endowment Fund of the UA Health Services Foundation awarded nearly $1.5 million for projects in clinical care, patient research, medical education and laboratory research.
A team performed one of the first surgeries using virtual augmented reality technology and Google Glass — a combination that could be an important step in practical telemedicine.
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A UAB-led survey compared experiences of patient care at two homeless-tailored clinics, and at three facilities providing standard primary care in mainstream clinics.
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The new program will tackle cases where a diagnosis has not been made despite extensive efforts by the referring physician.
Fast, inexpensive gene sequencing needed to make possible personalized medicine.
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Grant will allow researchers to study novel therapies for pulmonary fibrosis, a deadly lung disease with no approved treatments.
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Yang’s research focuses on a new class of drug – PARP inhibitors – that interfere with a cancer cell’s ability to repair DNA damage, hastening cell death.
Drug-eluting stents pose no greater risk of major heart attack following non-cardiac surgery than bare metal stents.
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Studies zero in on potential biomarkers in muscle tissue for Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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Patients in estrogen trial had fewer poor results, and in post-intervention there was a significant decrease in breast cancer.