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.
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Growing grassroots change with the “cancer ladies”With its Community Health Advisor model, the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB has demonstrated that laypeople can make a real difference in the fight against breast, ovarian and colon cancers. Now the model is being adapted to tackle lung cancer.
Engineer turns office printers into circuit factoriesUsing a common inkjet machine and some clever hacks, a UAB researcher creates low-cost, low-power electronics with applications in health care and beyond.
U-BRITE offers new tools for team scienceSupercomputer access, massive storage, collaborative coding — UAB Biomedical Research Information Technology Enhancement (U-BRITE) is a collection of tools designed to break down the barriers between researchers and their data.
Virtual help for a job virtually all parents get wrong: installing car seatsUAB child safety researcher testing augmented reality app to prevent roadway injuries and death.
Translating safety: a VR approach to reduce pedestrian injuries among Chinese kidsDevelopmental psychologist Huarong Wang, from China's Nantong University, was drawn to UAB by David Schwebel's "very influential" research on child safety.Videos
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