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A study to better understand racial and regional differences in deaths from strokes will be funded through 2023 by a $20.4 million grant.
UAB researchers have determined that recipients are likely to experience cognitive impairment in years following treatment.
This advanced, direct electron detector will yield near-atomic resolution of macromolecules and 3-D tomography of cells or tissue slices.
Driving assessments and experience in diverse driving situations could lead to fewer crashes among young drivers.
Krueger-Hadfield continues her investigation into ecology and evolution of seaweed life cycles.
Fatigue in cancer survivors is significantly reduced by placebo pill, even when it is known it is a fake pill.
UAB ranked 15th nationally among public universities in research expenditures and topped $238 million in NIH funding for FY 2016.
Researchers have detailed, for the first time, the normal human transcriptome of the blood-nerve barrier.
These synthetic diamonds, used in micro-anvils, have produced nearly twice the pressure found at the center of the Earth.
UAB's cyclotron provides glimpses into a new future of medicine.
Undergraduate Retta El-Sayed’s radioactive research
These novel, biocompatible, hollow capsules can serve biomedical and industrial uses.
Security researchers develop automated verification model to better secure data sent via.
This combination therapy, tested preclinically, could potentially improve patient outcomes.
By developing a standardized set of aging resilience tests, a UAB biologist aims to identify predictors of long healthspan.
This understanding could help commercial crops resist pathogens and drought.
New $2.64 million grant to UAB will probe this question.
Local retailers should find ways to get involved in the community to help boost business, according to a UAB study.
This is the first large-animal study of muscle patches of a clinically relevant size.
Research indicates alternative contraception methods may reduce the risk in vulnerable populations.
Researchers at UAB are assessing elephant fat in evaluating the species’ reproductive and overall health.
Patients with such mutations potentially need increased disease surveillance and show a high predisposition to develop malignancies.
Heating a mixture of gases to furnace temperatures is one way to make a diamond film, nature’s hardest substance. Adding boron to the gas mixture may create new materials.
This link suggests that pollutants in the environment that mimic estrogens may have a deleterious effect on heart function.
New UAB research says sensory adjustments, such as turning down the lights and reducing noise levels, can improve behavior on high-acuity psychiatric units.
ECMO and autoantibody reduction through plasma exchange, experimental therapies not available everywhere, help end an Alabama woman’s five-month medical ordeal.
Researchers suggest combining a calorie-restricted diet with high-intensity interval training could be a solution for reducing weight regain after weight loss.
This more comprehensive approach may be needed to find ways to delay the progressive heart failure.
Such basic research supports the goal of using stem cells in therapy, where an important hurdle is efficient differentiation.
A new study suggests complex solutions to gun-related deaths and goals to decrease rates based on the type of death.