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  • UB study shows key protein can slow aging process
    2/10/26

    The research led by oral biology professor Keith Kirkwood reveal that enhancing tristetraprolin can reduce frailty in mice.

  • How placentas evolved in mammals
    7/18/22

    Research delves into the origins of pregnancy, pointing to an invasive placenta in the last common ancestor of eutherian mammals.

  • Dogs can do more than just tricks
    7/18/22

    They can understand the concept of repetition and apply it to new situations, a new UB study has found.

  • Heat illness expert urges caution for most vulnerable
    7/15/22

    The rate of heat-related deaths keeps increasing because people are not adequately informed, UB faculty member Riana Pryor says.

  • Affordable hydrogen fuel cells
    7/14/22

    A new UB-led study describes how iron can be combined with nitrogen and carbon to produce a catalyst that is efficient, durable and inexpensive.

  • CTSI zeroes in on rural health research
    7/14/22

    Researchers are working to understand the unique health needs of rural communities, as well as the barriers to health care and rural health research.

  • Dietary interventions for cancer
    7/12/22

    Roberto Pili has launched two pilot studies aimed at finding out whether lifestyle interventions can help patients on cancer treatment do better.

  • 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.