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  • WNY native returns to launch genetic counseling program
    11/13/23

    Lindsey Alico will implement and direct a master’s degree program in genetic counseling.

  • Getting to know — and paint — your genome
    11/1/23

    The final event of the “Learning About Your Genome” series aims to increase awareness of genetics in the African-American community.

  • Ending race-based health disparities
    10/25/23

    Igniting Hope conference has matured into a movement aimed at bringing lasting change to the region by ending race-based disparities and their devastating impacts.

  • Genetics can predict — and help improve — bariatric surgery outcomes
    10/2/23

    Research shows that personalized medicine has significant value in determining how patients will fare after the procedure.

  • Henrietta Lacks’ family to speak at Igniting Hope
    9/22/23

    The UB conference has become Buffalo’s primary forum for discussing, addressing and trying to mitigate the social determinants of health.

  • Harnessing ‘sentinels’ of immune system
    6/7/23

    Researchers will use a grant for dendritic cell immunotherapy to study a hybrid drug-delivery vehicle that breaks through intracellular traffic jams.

  • UB biochemist weighs in on melanoma vaccine
    1/25/23

    Mark O'Brian explains how Moderna's experimental vaccine treats, but doesn't prevent, the aggressive skin cancer.

  • RSV, flu, COVID in kids
    11/29/22

    Infectious disease expert Oscar G. Gómez-Duarte talks with UBNow about the alarming surge in these viruses among kids and what parents can do to keep them healthy.

  • Universal screening for Pompe disease can extend newborns’ lives
    10/28/22

    UB researcher Mary Riedy says 20 states don’t screen at birth for the rare and often fatal genetic disease.

  • Preparing for the next pandemic
    9/27/22

    UB has received a $1 million NSF grant to develop a rapid response system and build community trust.