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This investment marks a critical step forward in harnessing cutting-edge technology to revolutionize the accessibility and application of biomedical data science.
A cluster analysis in the Deep South showed that racial background significantly influences diabetes subtype distribution.
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The project will empower a wide range of users to implement the next generation of genomic analysis, smart querying of medical literature, neuro-symbolic AI with stochastic reasoning, graph analytics, software verification tasks and security auditing.
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Having a bacterial infection at the same time as COVID-19 is a greater risk factor for COVID-19 severity and mortality than previously described risk factors such as advanced age, male sex or various comorbidities.
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Pharmacogenomics has become a valuable tool for optimizing treatments and is poised to play an increasing role in clinical care.
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Immunity levels are keeping state case levels manageable for now, but the current vaccination rate will not end COVID and likely will lead to continued outbreaks.
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The perseverance of students, faculty and staff and their dedication to the institution’s vision, mission and values “have been extraordinary.”
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UAB’s Sarah Nafziger, M.D., encourages those who have not received their COVID-19 vaccination to get it now before UAB’s sites close.
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UAB has removed all barriers for vaccine administration with no appointments needed at any of its four community vaccination sites.
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Alabamians can now schedule their date, time and location for their vaccinations through UAB at uabmedicinevaccine.org.
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To date, 33 percent of vaccine doses administered by UAB have gone to underrepresented communities, with almost 21 percent to Black Alabamians.
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UAB will now operate three community vaccination sites — two downtown and one in Hoover — in an effort to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to more people.
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“These vaccines are our way out of the epidemic, and we want to do all we can to help get Alabama out of this as quickly as possible,” said Sarah Nafziger, M.D.
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Hoover Met joins UAB’s downtown Highlands Hospital as community vaccination locations, with Parker High School set to come online this month.
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Parker High School and the Hoover Met will join UAB’s downtown Highlands Hospital as vaccination locations.
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Use of the diabetes drug metformin — before a diagnosis of COVID-19 — was associated with a threefold decrease in mortality in COVID-19 patients with Type 2 diabetes.
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Vaccines are expected to arrive next week and be administered quickly thereafter.
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High-profile speakers show the “critical role that UAB is playing in the effort to combat this pandemic.”
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Precision disease modeling involves creation of patient-specific disease models that mimic the molecular character of a condition present in a patient, enabling more precise diagnoses and treatments.
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Genetic assessments can help predict the risk of common diseases, and UAB is part of a national study to better understand and implement polygenic risk scores
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