Transplanting cadaver pancreatic islets is a promising therapy for Type 1 diabetes, but a reactivated autoimmunity means low graft viability after five years. Research now shows that a protective coating of two biopolymers can delay allograft and autoi…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Black individuals bear heavy burden of COVID-19 mortality, but key geographic disparities in health determinants exist
A new study published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers showed that Black individuals have a disproportionately higher COVID-19 mortality burden across all of the United S…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Hospital closures in rural America means longer drive times for patients needing care
For many rural Americans, especially those in the South or Southeastern areas of the country, it is taking longer to get to a hospital. Delays in reaching appropriate health care facilities could have a profound negative effect in cases of medical emer…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: UAB establishes ****** transplant program
UAB’s ****** transplant program is the first in the Southeast and fourth in the United States.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Preclinical testing of inhaled monoclonal antibody for COVID-19 shows therapeutic efficacy
An inhaled monoclonal antibody treatment against the SARS-CoV-2 virus may lead to self-administered therapy for COVID-19, according to preclinical tests. It was discovered at UAB and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and it has been licensed for…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Preclinical data for COVID-19 vaccine candidate show effectiveness and advantages
A COVID-19 vaccine candidate that underwent extensive preclinical testing this spring and summer shows potent preclinical immune responses — including several that distinguish it from other COVID-19 vaccine approaches — according to a preprint depos…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Lipid signaling from beta cells can potentiate an inflammatory macrophage polarization
The insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas unwittingly produce a signal that may aid their own demise in Type 1 diabetes, according to a study of the lipid signals that drive macrophage cells in the body to two different phenotypes of activated i…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: UAB experts involved with COVID-19 vaccine research available to comment on outbreak, what’s being reported, where concerns lie
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study shows new surgical protective gear does not reduce surgical site infections
A study from UAB published in JAMA Surgery on Feb. 12 indicates that use of surgical jackets and head covers known as bouffants in operating rooms does not reduce the incidence of surgical site infections.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Love is in the air — or is it allergies?
UAB allergist Ed Boyd, M.D., shares some tips to avoid any risk of allergic reactions.
