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The hygiene hypothesis says increased sanitation in industrialized countries has led to increases in asthma.
A novel informatics technique allows researchers to identify different strains of the same bacterial species.
Investigators from UAB have summarized the impact of the reimbursement gap between Medicaid and private insurance on management and in-hospital outcomes among patients admitted for STEMI.
SouthernBiotech, a UAB spinoff from the 1980s, will store and market these valuable research reagents.
The Gilbert Family Foundation’s Gene Therapy Initiative funds researchers at UAB exploring developmental and curative therapies for NF1.
Understanding the molecular basis of binding informs ways to prevent retroviral replication, including the HIV retrovirus.
The grant will expand previous research by UAB researchers and Lakeshore Foundation staff that looked at the effects of combining exercise and music to improve function in people with neurologic disorders.
In her Parenting Challenges with Kids Lab, psychologist Christina Rodriguez studies a wide range of parenting behaviors and approaches.
The first study to evaluate whether differences between men and women in the risk of stroke varies by race and age found that some risk factors were more important for white women than white men, but the risk factors for black women and black men had similar associations with stroke risk.
Strategic hiring, support for faculty research and multidisciplinary collaboration propel UAB’s Department of Psychology to a 12 percent increase in federal funding.
UAB study suggests individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder may not be more prone to cyber phishing attacks compared to those without the disorder.
A UAB dentist has developed a new filling using antibiotics and nitric oxide for root canal treatment that can help heal the canal more effectively.
Up to now, it has not been clear if these cells might be useful to combat influenza infections or even if they exist at all.
Safe and effective therapeutic agents that can treat these cancer-causing viruses are greatly needed.
Car and motorcycle racing lead the way in spectator injuries, according to UAB orthopedic surgeons, who published the first study in the field.
Can genetic code help build next-generation solar cells and shrink our devices? Physicist Krishen Appavoo aims to find out with a new NSF grant.
Junior Karly Casey shares her UAB research journey and her summer at Brookhaven National Lab.
Upcoming SpaceX launch to include one of three new rapid-freeze devices for future International Space Station missions.
This Ph.D. training targets a Department of Education “area of national need.”
New research shows that calcified nodules in the eye increase the risk for progression to advanced AMD.
Two UAB students have an idea to revolutionize health care. Will it survive a twisting, turning journey of discovery?
Doctoral student Kwaku Osei came to UAB to learn from top researchers in the dry eye field. His work focuses on a tear film component that could provide a new way to treat a growing vision problem.
The UAB Computer Forensics Research Lab partners with Facebook to fight online drug sales.
This finding may point to a therapeutic target to treat tuberculosis, which kills 1.3 million people each year.
Greg Pavela, Ph.D., will lead the UAB team to study why some people are more susceptible to the health consequences of obesity than others.
Physics students will be selected to study laser-induced plasma as full-time research interns because of recent seed grant from the National Science Foundation.
An animal model for mild traumatic brain injury shows microscopic neuropathology, as well as neurophysiological and biochemical changes.
All academic areas saw increases in grant award monies from November 2017 through October 2018 as the university continues to grow its mission.
A new oral antibiotic medication has been determined to be successful in the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea.
Social media communities supporting moms who are breastfeeding create a unique bond.