Extending across High Street is a boxy, sand-colored skybridge that takes pedestrians from Roswell Park Cancer Institute north to Buffalo General Hospital. There is something about this bridge that is perhaps emblematic of the Buffalo medical community's long struggle to find common ground: Heading north, it goes uphill. Indeed, in the past, it has been

More often than not, scientific advances come slowly and incrementally, each step dependent upon the work of earlier researchers whose focus, patience and plodding zeal were guided by a shared vision that at times may have seemed over-reaching, perhaps even a bit surreal.

The Toshiba Stroke Research Center was established at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 1996 with a $3.6 million gift of equipment from Toshiba America Medical Systems. In the spring of 2003, the company continued its support for the center by equipping a second research suite with its most advanced X-ray angiographic machines.

One of the biggest challenges in stroke treatment is finding a way to quickly open blocked vessels in the brain without causing hemorrhage or another stroke.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- University at Buffalo epidemiologists have received a $2.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to conduct a four-year investigation of breast cancer, examining genetic susceptibility, tumor characteristics, and dietary intake of fruits, vegetables and alcohol.

Twenty-eight million Americans, nearly 10 percent of the U.S. population, have lost the ability to hear clearly. As the baby-boom bulge passes into seniorhood and the current elderly population lives longer, that percentage is destined to increase significantly.

Gene Morse, Pharm.D., professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice in the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has received a $2.3 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to investigate interactions of antiretrovirals, the major drugs used in the treatment of HIV, in AIDS patients who are substance abusers and those who are not.