UAB continues to improve maternal and infant health as the only university to be a member of all three NIH perinatal networks.
Heat illness can be a serious matter, say UAB emergency physicians. Be prepared, and be safe.
Sign up for Equal Access Birmingham's Heart + Sole 5K and Kids' Fun Run
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
The third annual Heart + Sole 5K and Kids’ Run will be on Saturday, Aug. 20, at Crestline Elementary. Funds raised will benefit Equal Access Birmingham, the School of Medicine student-run free clinic, which provides education and health care to Birmingham’s uninsured and underserved.
Checkpoint in B cell development discovered with possible implications on vaccine potency
Written by Jeff Hansen
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.
The iKnife, a revolutionary mass spectrometry method, contributes to precision surgery by allowing accurate identification of cancer margins.
A pilot grant was recently awarded to UAB to investigate a noninvasive method of detecting neuroinflammation in rheumatoid arthritis.
UAB researchers awarded $11.5 million to study asymptomatic congenital CMV and neonatal HSV
Written by Alicia Rohan
The NIH recently awarded UAB $11.5 million to support studies that will assess treatment of babies born with congenital cytomegalovirus but no symptoms, and frequency of neonatal herpes infections in the United States and Peru.