Displaying items by tag: department of microbiology
This advanced, direct electron detector will yield near-atomic resolution of macromolecules and 3-D tomography of cells or tissue slices.
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These novel, biocompatible, hollow capsules can serve biomedical and industrial uses.
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This structure will further explain how the virus infects human cells and how progeny viruses are assembled, and it may be a point of attack to disarm the virus.
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Researchers study the mechanisms that prevent autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus or multiple sclerosis after an infection.
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Researchers have discovered the mechanism of this control, with implications for developmental biology, the immune response and cancer dysregulation.
The inhibitor blocks Streptococcus mutans from sticking on the tooth surface. About 2.3 billion people worldwide have tooth decay in their permanent teeth, primarily caused by this bacteria.
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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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- school of medicine
- center for clinical and translational science
- department of microbiology
- department of cell developmental and integrative biology
- department of medicine
- division of infectious diseases
- department of biostatistics
- school of public health
- department of genetics
- heflin center for genomic science
These scientifically diverse researchers deliver lectures at American Society for Microbiology Branch meetings throughout the United States.
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UAB assays enabled the first genomewide association study of IgA1 O-glycosylation aberrancy in IgA nephropathy, a disease that frequently causes kidney failure.
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Two new undergraduate programs — genetics and genomic sciences and immunology — are interdepartmental majors in the College of Arts and Sciences and School of Medicine.
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Abnormal antibody production that allows inflammation leading to AIDS is detected by analysis of antibodies in gut fluid of HIV-1-infected people.
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Three UAB researchers are among 391 nationwide to be recognized for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
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This study of cockroach-induced asthma and Enterobacter mirrors previous studies with fungus- and house dust mite-induced asthma, where neonatal vaccination with bacteria suppressed adult asthma.
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Coating insulin-producing cell-clusters with a thin protective layers may be a way to modify and use pig tissue to ultimately treat human diabetes. Testing in mice is the next step.
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This is the second potential diagnostic application for an investigational biomarker, and discussions are underway with industry partners to develop an assay from this UAB technology.
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A quality-control checkpoint in pre-B cells restricts the range of antibodies produced by mature B cells, and manipulation of the checkpoint could make vaccines more potent.
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The UAB course was part of a master’s degree program in bioinformatics for researchers in Mali, where malaria is a scourge.
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UAB Department of Microbiology hosts Roy Curtiss III as guest lecturer.
Recognition of a new pathway may change the treatment of allergic diseases.
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Kearney was cited for outstanding contributions to B cell biology.
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