Scientists Blaze New Path to Fighting Viral Diseases (UF Scripps)
In a quest to develop new antiviral drugs for COVID-19 and other diseases, a collaboration led by UF researchers has identified a potential new drug against the virus that causes COVID-19.
Wertheim UF Scripps Institute Research Garners $15.7 Million in New Awards (UF Scripps)
UF researchers have been awarded grants to advance projects that explore brain biology, enhance the prevention and treatment of infectious and autoimmune diseases, and combat advanced cancers.
The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute, UF Medicinal Chemistry Target Incurable Diseases
University of Florida researchers with expertise in drug discovery and chemistry are advancing potential treatments for challenging diseases via a new collaborative initiative.
UF Scientist’s Parkinson’s Work Selected for Innovative Drug Development Effort
University of Florida chemist Matthew Disney, Ph.D., was selected for an ambitious two-year effort to move promising Parkinson’s disease discoveries to patients.
First ‘Institute Professor’ of The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute Inventing New Ways to Target Incurable Diseases Via RNA
Matthew D. Disney, Ph.D., a professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, has been named the first “Institute Professor” at the institution.