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Diamondback terrapin population, a staple in Alabama salt marshes, continues to decline. UAB researchers look to reverse conservation concerns.
Adults who consume large amounts of sugary drinks may have a higher risk of dying from heart disease or other causes.
Physicians from UAB travel to Zambia to identify low-cost interventions to prevent newborns from getting hypothermia.
The infiltration of macrophages into the heart is a required step on the path to heart failure in a preclinical model.
A new study determines the cardiovascular safety of specific medications used to treat patients with gout.
Research findings that suggest free heme leads to bacterial pneumonia may reveal new approaches to improve safety of stored red blood cell transfusions.
This microRNA is a biomarker for bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a disease that can lead to death or long-term disease in extremely low birth-weight infants.
UAB research shows that splenic leukocytes resolve inflammation in heart failure.
Research provided by UAB confirms MRI usage can help reduce unnecessary biopsies in prostate cancer patients.
Research shows protection against the linked heart damage and kidney dysfunction known as cardiorenal syndrome.
Follow the UAB in Antarctica blog to learn more about research and what it is like to travel to Earth's southernmost continent.
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.