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 a year had fewer episodes of bleeding and no increase in heart attacks, stroke or other adverse events caused by blockages in the arteries, compared with patients who took both […]
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 a first-in-human clinical trial to test a novel form of immunotherapy to treat the most aggressive forms of malignant brain tumors. The FDA-approved clinical trial, slated to begin this summer, […]
University of Florida Researchers Among 2020 Inductees Into Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
Three University of Florida researchers were selected among the newest members of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Christine Schmidt, Ph.D. is professor and chair of the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, known for her prominent contributions to biomaterials science and cellular/tissue engineering. Schmidt’s research and unique approach to neural regeneration resulted […]
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 can be produced in large quantities using materials already found in hospitals and medical facilities. N95 respirator masks have been in high demand worldwide since the outbreak of COVID-19. That led […]
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. Lance nematodes (Hoplolaimus species) have long been recognized as pests of golf course bermudagrass. Despite this, very little research effort has focused on identifying how much damage these nematodes cause […]
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., director of the University of Florida Center for Smell and Taste, located within UF’s McKnight Brain Institute, what science can tell us about the potential link — and what to […]
New Lab Results From Healthtech Startup Bluewave Technologies, Inc. Indicate Ability to Kill Viruses and Bacteria on Fabrics and Other Hard-to-Treat Items – With Possible Applications in the Current Pandemic
New lab results from UF Innovate | The Hub alum Bluewave Technologies, Inc. indicate that when used as directed, its Bluewave device can effectively kill the non-enveloped virus, MS2 Bacteriophage, and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). Bluewave Technologies is a startup focused on helping healthcare practitioners kill bacteria and viruses on the surfaces of hard-to-clean items. […]
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 the country are canceled. People should continue to donate blood while taking appropriate precautions and following guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about social distancing and hand […]
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 success. So, when the coronavirus pandemic hit and he heard the desperate international plea for thousands of more ventilators, the longtime UF professor of anesthesiology set out to build a […]
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 recluses mostly confined to mountaintops in southern Africa. Now, herpetologists Michael Bates, a curator at South Africa’s National Museum in Bloemfontein, and Edward Stanley of the Florida Museum of Natural […]