Patients Who Recover From Severe COVID-19 Still Have Significant Risk of Death, UF Study Finds
Patients who have recovered from severe COVID-19 have more than twice the mortality risk within the year following their illness than people... Read More
UF Center for Coastal Solutions Awarded Multi-Institution Grant To Study Harmful Algal Blooms
University of Florida Center for Coastal Solutions (CCS) Associate Director David Kaplan, Ph.D., and a team of CCS-affiliated scientists and engineers from UF, the University of South Florida, North Carolina State University and the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation have received $2.3 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study how water and nutrients flowing from Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee River watershed interact with tides, currents, and waves at the coast to affect coastal water quality.
UF Research: Mesh Covers Protect Citrus Trees From Psyllids That Transmit Greening Disease
New UF research shows that citrus trees grown under individual protective covers (IPCs) show no signs of the greening disease. Specifically, scientists found that psyllids cannot penetrate the bags (IPCs) under which the trees are growing because the diameter of their openings is smaller than the insects.
Taking Cancer Research Out of the Culture Dish and Into 3-Dimensions
After decades of research, cancer is still the leading cause of death in the United States. Up to this point, cancer study has remained almost exclusively within the 2D bounds of traditional cell culture plates. Dr. Gregory Sawyer, professor and distinguished teaching scholar in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, is revolutionizing cancer research.
‘Diabetes Epidemic Will Continue’ Until Focus Shifts to Prevention
A new study indicates there are “missed opportunities” for diabetes prevention in the U.S., UF researchers wrote in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Read the Fine Print: Who Owns and Controls Farm Data?
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, data derived from farms might be more valuable than the growers of the crop produce. That’s because farmers can make money from their data when companies use it for other purposes, says a University of Florida scientist.
University of Florida Citrus Faculty Secure Federal Funding in Ongoing Fight Against Citrus Greening
University of Florida citrus researchers continue to provide innovative leadership in the fight against the devastating disease Huanglongbing, also known as citrus greening disease.
Two Common Compounds Show Effectiveness Against COVID-19 Virus in Early Testing
A pair of over-the-counter compounds has been found in preliminary tests to inhibit the virus that causes COVID-19, University of Florida Health researchers have found.
UF’s COVID Restore Clinic Treats Long Haulers
Dr. Irene Estores, medical director of the Integrative Medicine Program at UF leads the COVID Restore Clinic to treat long haulers. According to the WHO definition, long COVID “occurs in individuals with a history of probable or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, usually 3 months from the onset of COVID-19 with symptoms that last for at least 2 months and cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis.”
Lauren and Lee Fixel Foundation Establish the Fixel Brain Mapping Professorship
Aysegul Gunduz, Ph.D., an associate professor in University of Florida’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, was named the inaugural Fixel Brain Mapping Professor.
