UB Breaking Research
ANTI-CANCER DRUG: An anti-cancer drug developed by Kinex Pharmaceuticals of Buffalo and a UB faculty researcher has begun clinical testing with patients with advanced cancer who have not responded to other therapies. Read more about this anti-cancer drug discovery.
FAST-FOOD DANGER: Eating a typical fast-food meal of a burger, fries, large beverage and apple pie puts more stress on the lining of blood vessels, raising heart-attack risk, in the obese than in individuals of normal weight, according to UB researchers. Learn more about this fast-food danger.
FOCUS ON WORMS: A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences is focusing on microscopic worms to learn more about conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease related to aging in humans. Read more about these microscopic worms.
INEXPENSIVE TESTING: UB medical researchers have shown that a simple and inexpensive technique employed currently to assess glaucoma could be used instead of expensive magnetic resonance imaging to monitor the progression of multiple sclerosis and to assess the effectiveness of new and current MS treatments. Learn more about this testing
