Clinical

Precision Medicine Trial for Cancer Patients at UAB

Aug 16, 2016 at 12:26 pm by steve

The UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center is enrolling patients for the National Cancer Institute Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice, or NCI-MATCH study, the largest, most scient.... Read More

Athletes Return To Field More Quickly with New Procedure Andrews Sports Offers

Aug 16, 2016 at 12:26 pm by steve

In recent years, the number of overhead throwing athletes with injuries to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) has increased. Historically, these injuries have been treated su.... Read More

Opioid Abuse Crisis Spurs Action

Aug 16, 2016 at 12:26 pm by steve

The statistics are alarming: some 40 people a day die in the U.S. from opioid drug overdoses, more deaths than cocaine and heroin combined. The Centers for Disease Control cal.... Read More

UAB's Zhang to Custom-Engineer Living Tissue to Protect Heart

Jul 19, 2016 at 06:31 pm by steve

Jianyi "Jay" Zhang, MD, PhD brought his biomedical engineering expertise to UAB with a dream to create new tissue that can replace or protect damaged muscle after a heart atta.... Read More