Brain Cancer Researcher Visits TV20 Studio

Catherine Flores, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UF College of Medicine’s Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery and a principal investigator in UF’s Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, visited the WCJB TV20 studios to discuss her research in advance of the Lemon Ball, a fund-raising effort organized by Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, started by a […]

Non-Invasive, Automated MRI for Parkinson’s Diagnosis

In an international study at 17 MRI centers in the U.S., Austria, and Germany, a research team led by UF’s David Vaillancourt, Ph.D., used a non-invasive MRI method with 1,002 patients to develop an automated system to accurately diagnose Parkinson’s disease and related but different neurodegenerative disorders. In the study published Aug. 27 in The […]

Study Uncovers Insights Into Human Memory

Alzheimer’s disease is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder affecting more than 5.5 million Americans. Now, new clinical trial results published in the New England Journal of Medicine yield a finding that could advance our understanding of human memory. A recent trial involving 42 patients evaluated deep brain stimulation targeting the fornix, an arch-like structure connecting the […]