HIV-positive kidney failure patients face greater hurdles in receiving necessary transplants
Written by Tyler Greer
Study shows HIV-positive kidney failure patients were 28 percent less likely to receive a transplant compared with their HIV-negative counterparts from 2001-2012.
The UAB School of Medicine will celebrate Match Day 2017 on Friday, March 17, at the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center.
Student National Medical Association builds relationships through community outreach programs
Written by Laura Coulter
The UAB chapter of the Student National Medical Association focuses on underserved communities through pipeline programs, mentorship and health care.
Matt Might, Ph.D., a strategic leader in the White House Precision Medicine Initiative, has been named the inaugural director of the Hugh Kaul Personalized Medicine Institute at UAB.
UAB developing new peptide to combat a disorder that causes heart attacks at early age
Written by Adam Pope
Some people inherit a condition that elevates their cholesterol to an excessive degree, and no amount of diet or exercise can bring the numbers down. UAB researchers are developing and testing a new peptide that may lead to better treatment options.
UAB’s annual Reynolds-Finley Lecture will feature discussion of the collaboration between UAB and HudsonAlpha in precision medicine.
UAB opens state-of-the-art facility for use in clinical trials of exercise medicine
Written by Bob Shepard
Exercise medicine gets a boost with the opening of the 7,000-square-foot UAB Exercise Clinical Trial Facility.
UAB will bring proton therapy, one of the most technically advanced forms of cancer-killing radiation, to Alabama with the new Proton Therapy Center.