UF Health Cancer Center Awards American Cancer Society Pilot Grants
The University of Florida Health Cancer Center has awarded the 2023 American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Pilot Projects, as part of its efforts to support early-stage investigators in cancer-related research studies. These projects, which are supported by Grant #21-139-01-IRG from the American Cancer Society, aim to address one of six research priorities: etiology, obesity/healthy eating and active living, screening and diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and health equity across the cancer continuum.
UF Team Discovers New Role of Protein in Head and Neck Cancer Cell Growth
A University of Florida research team has discovered a new role of a key protein in driving changes in the genetic material of cells, which can contribute to the development of cancer. The findings could pave the way for new therapeutic targets for head and neck cancers.
Fixel Institute Becomes the First National Ataxia Foundation Center of Excellence in Florida
The National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) announces the recognition of the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Disease at UF Health as a NAF Ataxia Center of Excellence (CoE), making it the first CoE in the state of Florida and one of 15 nationwide.
Newly Discovered Probiotic Could Protect Caribbean Corals Threatened by Deadly, Devastating Disease
Researchers with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and the University of Florida have discovered the first effective bacterial probiotic for treating and preventing stony coral tissue loss disease, or SCTLD, a mysterious ailment that has devastated Florida’s coral reefs since 2014 and is rapidly spreading throughout the Caribbean.
UF to Lead National Trial Testing Nerve Block to Alleviate Headache from Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
A multidisciplinary team of neurocritical care, neurosurgery and pain medicine investigators from the University of Florida has been awarded a $12.9 million National Institutes of Health grant to test a novel way to relieve pain from sudden, excruciating headaches stemming from a burst brain aneurysm that causes bleeding.
Amend Surgical Receives Funding for Suture-less Nerve Repair Device
Amend Surgical, Inc., a UF Innovate | Accelerate client, has been awarded substantial product development funding from The Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Regenerative Medicine (MPWRM) Resource Center to commercialize a novel, suture-less solution for the repair of peripheral nerves. Tissure is a resorbable hydrogel membrane with a chitosan-based adhesive that has the adhesion and mechanical strength to potentially replace sutures for the repair of peripheral nerve injuries.
