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UF Brain Tumor Researcher Embarks on First-in-Human Clinical Trial of Novel Immunotherapy Vaccine

UF Health pediatric oncologist Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D., has received a $2.5 million grant from the pediatric cancer foundation CureSearch for Children’s Cancer to undertake...

Ticagrelor Alone, Without Aspirin, Shows Benefit in Patients With Diabetes

Patients with diabetes who stopped taking aspirin three months after the insertion of a coronary stent and then took the anti-platelet medication ticagrelor alone for...

Algernon Submits for Ethics Approval for Phase 2 IPF and Chronic Cough Study

UF startup Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical development company, is pleased to announce that it has submitted for ethics approval in Australia for its...

UF Plant and Soil Diagnostic Labs Essential to Florida Agriculture, Economy During COVID-19

In the time of COVID-19, plants still get sick, and the soil that nourishes them needs care. The health of plants and soil is critical...

What You Need to Know About the Possible Smell/Taste Link to COVID-19

As more anecdotes surface from physicians around the world about patients with COVID-19 losing their senses of smell and taste, we asked Steven Munger, Ph.D.,...

Risk Thresholds for Lance Nematodes in Turfgrass

University of Florida nematologist William Crow, Ph.D., takes a close look at the relationship between lance nematodes and turf health, and how nematicides factor in....

UF Health Anesthesiology Team Devises Respirator Mask Made From Existing Hospital Materials

With respiratory masks used by health workers battling the coronavirus in short supply, the University of Florida Health’s department of anesthesiology has developed masks that...

Here Be Dragons: Analysis Reveals New Species in Smaug Lizard Group

Smaug, the deadly dragon in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” has a few living relatives. With dense, alligator-like armor, these small, real-life dragon lizards are rock-crevice...

UF Researchers Lead the Way in Rapidly Designing, Building Low-Cost, Open-Source Ventilator

As a University of Florida mechanical engineering student decades ago, Samsun Lampotang, Ph.D., helped respiratory therapist colleagues build a minimal-transport ventilator that became a commercial...

COVID-19 Highlights Need for Blood Donations

As the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate, experts are warning of a dire shortage of blood as donors stay home and blood drives across...

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