Research News

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  • Shedding light on severe MS
    10/25/24

    UB studies of this rare form of the disease show that grey matter volume, not lesions, are key in severe MS and that novel tools can better assess them.

  • How ASD occurs with intellectual disability
    7/11/22

    New UB research has found that a convergent mechanism for two top-ranking risk genes may lead to these neurodevelopmental disorders.

  • Fighting online disinformation
    7/6/22

    UB's new Center for Information Integrity will build multidisciplinary research teams and develop digital literacy tools and new teaching techniques.

  • Protecting against unwanted sexual experiences
    7/5/22

    A new UB tudy looks at how friends can work together to help protect against unwanted sexual experiences in the first year of college.

  • Medicine in wastewater early warning of COVID?
    6/30/22

    Research finds that a large spike in acetaminophen preceded a spike in viral RNA during one COVID-19 wave in WNY.

  • Igniting spark of creativity at work
    6/30/22

    New research investigates how co-workers can inspire each other, like Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

  • Donating to aid abortions is First Amendment right
    6/30/22

    Law professor Lucinda Finley says donating to funds — even where helping women get abortions is illegal — is protected by Supreme Court precedents.

  • Advocating for gun reform with ‘Alternative Rule’
    6/29/22

    UB art professor Matt Kenyon makes his unique paper available for writing letters to elected officials for gun control.

  • Resuming fieldwork in Greenland after pandemic delays
    6/27/22

    Geologist Jason Briner co-leads GreenDrill, a project to collect bedrock samples from Greenland.

  • Scientists to tackle ‘hypermutations’ in deadly bacteria
    6/23/22

    UB has received $4 million from NIAID to develop new treatments that block “hypermutated” strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

  • Using proteins to change how neurons communicate
    6/22/22

    In a new study, scientists detail how they coaxed excitatory neurons to release neurotransmitters usually produced by inhibitory neurons.