All academic areas saw increases in grant award monies from November 2017 through October 2018 as the university continues to grow its mission.

The study’s findings show the benefits of the ketogenic diet in cancer patients, and the authors hope to expand their research to see if it will also impact cancer treatment.

The National Cancer Institute highlighted research from UAB that shows how the epigenetic plant-based diet in mice can prevent cancer more effectively at younger ages.

A gene mutation causes wrinkled skin and hair loss; turning off that mutation restores the mouse to normal appearance.

Significant novel findings published by UAB researchers established verapamil as a successful therapeutic approach to target loss of beta cell function caused by Type 1 diabetes.

A diabetes drug suggests potential therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, based on research with human lung fibroblasts and a mouse model of lung fibrosis.

UAB is one of six universities in the world currently investigating the medicinal benefits of psilocybin.

In a large-scale analysis, Jeremy Blackburn, Ph.D., and collaborators found that the misuse of web archive services cause loss of ad revenue for popular news websites.

mediKanren, an "analytic engine" designed by UAB researchers, can sift 97 million assertions in seconds to find new treatments for patients and research avenues for scientists.

Hair’s graying is linked to innate immune response, activation of which can decrease pigmentation in hair.

Fatigue in cancer survivors is significantly reduced by placebo pill, even when it is known it is a fake pill.

UAB ranked 15th nationally among public universities in research expenditures and topped $238 million in NIH funding for FY 2016.

Local retailers should find ways to get involved in the community to help boost business, according to a UAB study.

This more comprehensive approach may be needed to find ways to delay the progressive heart failure.

With an economic impact now exceeding $7.15 billion, according to Tripp Umbach, Alabama’s largest single employer’s influence on the state’s economy has grown by more than 50 percent since the last study.

Low dietary potassium leads to calcified arteries and aortic stiffness, while increased dietary potassium alleviates those undesirable effects in a mouse model, suggesting dietary potassium may protect against heart disease and death from heart disease in humans.

UAB research suggests EEG headsets, growing in popularity among consumers, need better security.

The goal is to avoid unnecessary surgery and reduce the number of biopsies of benign nodules and cancers that are unlikely to cause harm.

A 90-ton machine called a cyclotron will accelerate protons to very high speeds to impact human tumors.

Combining two high-powered imaging techniques into a single scanner allows UAB to acquire and study PET and MRI data simultaneously, enabling new opportunities for diagnostic imaging of cancer, the brain and heart.

Mild to moderate muscle and nerve strain provokes symptom flares in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome.

Among black men, those with a high degree of West African genetic ancestry have less abdominal fat than those with a lower degree.

UAB researcher Sarah Parcak, Ph.D., has already shown the world how to find ancient sites from space. Now her graduate student is using remote sensing data to find a different kind of hidden treasure: uranium.

A UAB-led study shows that, for older patients, carotid artery surgery is safer than stenting.

Cortisol levels that indicate increased stress response are higher in adolescents with sleep problems.

Stylish but dangerous? UAB study looks at injuries caused by wearing high-heeled shoes.

UAB Research Administration carefully invests to keep investigators competitive in an era of tight grant funding.

A multisite study led by UAB has found the first biomarker for the onset of seizures in infants with tuberous sclerosis.

Wrong shipment of mice led to estrogen breakthrough in trauma survival.

UAB researchers collaborated on a study showing a blood test for chlamydia might be valuable in screening infertile women for pregnancy outcomes.