Trials Begin for a New Weapon Against Parkinson’s: Light
Light therapy can help lift moods, heal wounds, and boost the immune system. Can it improve symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, too? A first-of-its-kind trial scheduled to launch this fall in France aims to find out. In seven patients, a fiber optic cable implanted in their brain will deliver pulses of near-infrared (NIR) light directly to […]
Food Safety Help May Be on the Way for Specialty Crop Operators
Outbreaks of foodborne diseases threaten the daily lives of millions of Americans, resulting in recalls and sometimes loss of life. Providing an integrated food safety system for fresh fruits and vegetables that protects the food supply through production, harvest, and processing is the goal of a recently awarded multi-million project led by University of Florida […]
UF Researcher Works With Bionano Data to Provide Understanding of Repeat Expansion Disorders Causing Muscular Dystrophy and ALS
Bionano Genomics, Inc. announced that teams from the Mayo Clinic and from the University of Florida have separately released results generated with Saphyr relating to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Myotonic Dystrophy (DM), respectively, two severe genetic disorders caused by the expansion of repetitive sequences in the genome. Saphyr identified repeat expansions in patients with […]
Experts Signal Warning Over Preparations for Future Outbreaks
With much of the country still in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic, there are questions about how prepared people really are for outbreaks like this. A University of Florida research professor believes as a country, America needs to change the way it prepares and responds to outbreaks. He’s afraid the U.S. may not be […]
‘Gatorbyte’ to Detect Water Quality Less Expensively
A water-quality buoy called ‘GatorByte” might help resource managers monitor water quality over space and time – all for as little as $1,500. Eban Bean, a UF/IFAS assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering (ABE), is working on developing the device with Piyush Agade, a doctoral student in ABE. “We can put these devices into […]
UF Researchers Ask, ‘What if Oncologists Thought Like Ecologists?’
What do wildlife and cancer cells have in common? Quite a lot, argues a new article authored by University of Florida researchers. The article is the latest piece of scholarship to emerge from a decade-long collaboration among three scientists: Brent Reynolds, a professor in the Lillian S. Wells department of neurosurgery at UF Health; Madan […]
UF Health, OneFlorida Consortium to Evaluate Blood Thinners As COVID-19 Treatment
The National Institutes of Health has launched two of three adaptive clinical trials evaluating the safety and effectiveness of varying types of blood thinners to treat adults diagnosed with COVID-19. Part of the Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) initiative, these trials will be conducted at more than 100 sites around the world, including University of Florida […]
Infectious Diseases Professor Named Lead Research Administrator at UF Veterinary College
David Pascual, Ph.D., a professor of infectious diseases at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named associate dean for research and graduate studies at the college after filling the post on an interim basis for over two years. “Dr. Pascual has done an outstanding job serving in an interim role,” said the college’s interim […]
The Patient Is the Sun – Michael Okun
Patients have greatly influenced Michael S. Okun, MD, in his life and in his work. As the executive director of the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health and a professor and chair of Neurology, Okun has seen the beauty of human interaction in medical care. In 1993, Okun was a second-year medical student […]
FWC $200K Grants Gives UF Scientists Green Light to Develop New Technology
Two University of Florida scientists are the recipients of a $200,000 grant from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). They will use that money over the next 10 months to develop the methodology leading to a device that detects and measures the number of toxins in the air from red tides. “Karenia brevis […]