A new method improves the high-yield, -purity and -activity purification of complex proteins by 10- to 500-fold, with crucial advantages for researchers and the pharmaceutical industry as potentially the most efficient and universal tool for high-throughput studies of significant biological systems.
Research suggests EEG headsets, growing in popularity among consumers, need better security.
Researchers have developed micro-cubes that can sponge up a hydrophobic anti-cancer drug and deliver it to cancer cells. Tissue culture tests show these tiny, porous cubes, loaded with the hydrophobic drug, are more potent against liver cancer cells and less harmful to normal liver cells.
A new study shows that teens communicating on mobile phones with friends show stronger signs of technology addiction than when communicating with parents.
The Golden Week program developed by UAB’s Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit was recently recognized nationally for its standardized set of practices for premature infants, providing them with quality care in their first week of life.
The new study is the first to observe consolation in adult humans. Researchers analyzed surveillance camera footage of the immediate aftermath of 22 nonfatal robberies to observe the behaviors and characteristics of victims and bystanders — knowledge that helps correct the impression that humans are aggressive by nature and peaceful by culture.
A UAB neurosurgeon discusses advances in brain tumor diagnosis and treatment that are bringing renewed hope to the battle against brain cancer.
UAB’s Stefan Kertesz, M.D., provides commentary on a new trial comparing yoga and physical therapy for those who suffer from low back pain.
UAB cybersecurity expert Gary Warner says, as businesses work to better protect sensitive customer information, consumers must be proactive when making purchases.
National committee creates American College of Radiology ultrasound-based risk stratification system to identify nodules that warrant biopsy or sonographic follow-up, and identify most clinically significant malignancies while reducing the number of biopsies performed on benign nodules.
Healing a divided nation must come from each person, individually, says a UAB psychologist, who offers some tips on coping with a divided population.
A UAB physician visited Jordan to provide health care to Syrian refugees with chronic conditions.
UAB researchers have made the first direct demonstration that fecal donor microbes remained in recipients for months or years after a transplant to treat the diarrhea and colitis caused by recurrent Clostridium difficile infections.
Vaccines are scientifically proven to save lives and prevent major outbreaks of highly infectious diseases among large populations in a safe and effective way.
Do-it-yourself braces and how-to videos on the internet have grown in popularity, but experts say there are dangers in avoiding trained orthodontic professionals.
Human/snake encounters will increase with the start of summer. UAB experts offer tips on avoiding snakebite, or dealing with one if bitten.
UAB study examines relationships between stigma, discrimination, abuse and depression in American Muslim women.
Make paper from plant leaves and petals, dye an old shirt with flowers, or create a leaf print on fabric with some tips from the UAB Department of Art and Art History’s Doug Baulos.
Author says empowering patients with individualized information, and involving them in shared decision-making, is how one makes the best decisions in cases of significant LMD.
A multidisciplinary team will provide patients with advanced technology to diagnose and manage facial nerve disorders.
Physicians at UAB share tips on men’s health and how it affects heart health, sexual function and memory and decreases cancer risk.
This study will explore the role of biomechanical differences in the optic nerve that may explain why individuals of African descent are at greatest risk of developing glaucoma.
Michael J. Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., a leading medical oncologist and trailblazer in the early detection and treatment of gynecologic cancers, has been named director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center.
A UAB engineer provides information about the risks and prevention methods associated with electric shock drowning in fresh bodies of water.
Calvin Kennedy, a nurse at UAB Hospital, is a two-time kidney transplant recipient who has no plans to live an ordinary life.
Increasing interest in the properties of cannabinoids as a therapy for epilepsy has prompted Epilepsy & Behavior to produce a special issue devoted entirely to studies of cannabinoids. A UAB neurologist involved in UAB’s studies of CBD oil serves a co-guest editor of the issue.
Distractions from technology have a detrimental effect on children’s crash risk as pedestrians and drivers.
The average American consumes nearly 2,000 mg a day over most adults’ ideal amount of sodium intake, excluding salt added at the table. Sodium found in restaurant, pre-packaged and processed foods, and foods like canned vegetables can increase heart disease and stroke risk, among others.
Tests of cells collected from the umbilical cord blood vessel walls at birth can predict death or poor pulmonary outcomes in extremely preterm infants, say researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Adherence to care improves when youth with HIV receive education and help navigating the system, according to study out of UAB.
Brian Samuels, M.D., says there is an increase of eye pressure throughout the morning, and that pressure comes and goes throughout the day. This fluctuation is a known risk factor for the progression of glaucoma.
One of the most common types of cancer is skin cancer. A UAB dermatologist shares background information, risks and how to protect your skin.
The grant will help fund a study to determine whether people with multiple sclerosis get as much benefit from an exercise-based rehabilitation program delivered via internet and telephone as they do when the therapy is provided in a clinic.
Researchers have found a new, more accurate way to determine if adolescents are overweight, important findings considering many school districts label adolescents — who tend to be more vulnerable to weight bias and fat shaming than adults — as obese.
Robin Parks Ennis, Ph.D., assistant professor and behavioral interventions and supports researcher, explains how a popular toy can be beneficial with proper management.
Financial professor says reverse mortgages are best considered by seniors who are “equity rich and cash poor” and plan to live in their current home for a long time.
The third annual Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Symposium met at the University of Alabama at Birmingham last month, a gathering of noted physicians and scientists who share the goal of creating new tissues and new knowledge that can prevent or repair heart disease and heart attacks.
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