UAB

An Ounce of Prevention: Building Better Vaccines

Mar 19, 2018 at 04:05 pm by steve

A hundred years ago, the influenza pandemic of 1918 swept the globe, killing between fifty and a hundred million people--between three and five percent of the world's populati.... Read More

Genes And Cardiovascular Disease: When Can Testing Be A Tool?

Feb 14, 2018 at 10:34 am by steve

Heart disease doesn't play fair. Lifelong smokers who never exercise may live well into their 80s on fast food, while vegetarian joggers can die suddenly when their hearts giv.... Read More

Cell Senesence

Jan 23, 2018 at 03:05 pm by steve

Is a natural defense against cancer in youth killing us with age? "Nature was good at selecting for traits that helped us survive from infancy to reproductive age. After that,.... Read More

UAB Engages Blue Light Imaging in Bladder Cancer

Dec 15, 2017 at 01:20 pm by steve

"If this was a prostate cancer tool, 90 percent of surgeons would be using it," says Jeffrey Nix, MD, assistant professor in the UAB Department of Urology, about blue light cy.... Read More

First Approved Gene Therapy Fights Hematologic Cancer

Dec 15, 2017 at 01:20 pm by steve

"It's potentially revolutionary," says Luciano Costa, MD, PhD, about chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy -- a newly approved gene therapy for blood cancers. "This i.... Read More