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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is the fourth-leading cause of death in the world.
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A novel informatics technique allows researchers to identify different strains of the same bacterial species.
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UAB investigators are on the track of new technologies to better guide brain tumor therapy decisions.
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Since 2000, the Walk for PKD has raised nearly $30 million.
These immune cells could become therapeutic targets to treat Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
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UAB’s PREP Scholars proves successful by furthering student dreams as it receives a grant to continue preparing minority baccalaureate students for graduate programs.
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The nonprofit alliance advances public awareness about the progress and promise of brain research.
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This combination therapy, tested preclinically, could potentially improve patient outcomes.
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These results, seen in animal models, represent a potentially novel therapeutic target for the treatment of seizure disorders.
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This is the first demonstration of donor microbes persisting in the recipient following fecal transplant, a finding made possible by a novel method to “fingerprint” individual strains of bacteria.
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UAB researchers have discovered that an infant’s airway — once thought to be sterile until after birth — is colonized by bacteria or bacterial DNA, which could be protective for or predict development of severe lung disease, knowledge that may offer a therapeutic target.
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Results show that JAK/STAT pathway inhibitors may be a new class of therapeutic treatments for patients with Parkinson’s disease. Acting by reducing inflammation, they prevent neurodegeneration in animal models and may be an important new approach to slow progression of the disease.
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An expected 2,607 students will graduate in summer/fall 2015. The commencement ceremonies will take place at 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Bartow Arena.
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A diabetes drug combined with exercise may help older adults regrow muscle, and UAB’s Center for Exercise Medicine is investigating.
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“A major issue facing biomedical research,” says Fran Lund, chair of UAB microbiology.
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UAB's strengths in clinical care and research are powering an interdisciplinary expedition into largely uncharted territory: neuroinflammatory mechanisms in Parkinson's disease.
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The UAB-HudsonAlpha Center for Genomic Medicine has awarded its first pilot grants to teams of researchers from the two institutions to pursue projects in cancer and cardiac disease.
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This improvement in cognition persists despite a high-glycemic-index diet, a possible risk factor for Alzheimer’s.
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UAB senior will research Alzheimer’s disease abroad through prestigious scholarship program.
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The runx2 master transcription factor functions differently in chondrocytes and osteoblasts, two key cells in bone formation.
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