Healthy Habits Can Make Your Brain Age More Slowly, Study Finds (UF News)
UF researchers found that the brain can function as if it were a decade younger or older than a person’s chronological age, depending on life experiences.
Marie Kane Named Assistant Vice President for National Security Research at the University of Florida (UF News)
UF has appointed Marie Kane as assistant vice president for National Security Research, a newly created leadership role designed to advance UF’s strategic research initiatives in defense, intelligence and national security.
University of Florida To Be New Host for Major Plant Breeding Accelerator Program (UF News)
UF has been selected as the new home of Breeding Insight, a USDA-ARS-funded accelerator program that uses AI, high-performance computing, and advanced breeding methods.
Rise Therapeutics Secures New Funding To Advance First-in-Class R-2487 Oral Immune Biomodulator Into Sjogren’s Disease Clinical Testing (Bio Space)
UF startup Rise Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a novel class of oral targeted immunotherapies, announced it will be initiating clinical evaluation of R-2487 in SjD.
Study Finds Most Cancer Patients Exposed to Misinformation; UF Researchers Pilot ‘Information Prescription’ (UF Health)
Ninety-three percent of patients with a new cancer diagnosis were exposed to at least one type of misinformation about cancer treatments, a UF Health Cancer Center study has found. Most patients encountered the misinformation — defined as unproven or disproven cancer treatments and myths or misconceptions — even when they weren’t looking for it. The findings have major […]
UF Astronomers Use James Webb Space Telescope To Uncover Hidden Stars in the Milky Way’s Largest Stellar Nursery (UF News)
UF astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope captured the first detailed views of Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way’s largest stellar nursery, uncovering previously hidden stars and new insights into how massive star clusters form.
Do CT Scans Increase Childhood Cancer Risk? A UF Researcher Has the Answer (UF News)
A study featuring research by UF’s Wesley Bolch, Ph.D., links radiation exposure from medical imaging to a small but significant risk of blood cancers in children and adolescents, while concluding that the benefits of medical imaging still outweigh the minimal risks.
Scientists Discover New Target in Potential Pancreatic Cancer Treatment (UF Health)
UF researchers helped find a promising new way to attack and kill pancreatic cancer cells by identifying an overlooked weak spot on a protein that supercharges the lethal cancer’s growth.
Guoshuai Cai, Ph.D., Awarded $2.1 Million NIH Grant To Study Long-Term Sepsis Outcomes (UF Medicine)
UF researcher Guoshuai Cai received an NIH grant to study poor long-term sepsis outcomes, such as chronic critical illness (CCI), characterized by persistent inflammation and immune suppression.
Tech Tuesday: University of Florida Lab Researches the Brain and Cognitive Decline (WCJB TV20)
In this week’s Tech Tuesday, UF Innovate highlights graduate student Seda Tasci, who works in the University of Florida’s Neuromotor Behavior Lab with Dr. Rachael Seidler, researching how aging affects brain and motor function to understand early signs of cognitive decline.