UF Scripps Study: Opioid Drug Tolerance Develops From Interplay of Key Gene and Cholesterol
UF Scripps Biomedical Research scientists have discovered a key gene that is shedding light on how people develop tolerance to pain-relievers over time, a problem that raises risk of addiction and overdose.
UF Health research sheds new light on nicotine and morning brew
In a cell-based study, UF researchers identified two compounds in coffee that directly affect certain high-sensitivity nicotine receptors in the brain. In smokers, these brain receptors can be hypersensitive after a night of nicotine withdrawal.
UF Faculty Join International Partners To Launch Continuing Medical Education for Haitian Physicians
Two University of Florida faculty members have joined Haitian partners in an effort to bring much-needed continuing medical education opportunities to Haiti’s physicians. Continuing medical education, or CME, which is designed to help physicians stay up-to-date with new medical knowledge, has never before been offered to Haiti’s medical doctors.
UF Pediatric Oncologist Awarded v Foundation Grant for Pediatric Osteosarcoma Study
University of Florida Health pediatric oncologist John A. Ligon, M.D., has been awarded a $600,000 grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research to study a personalized immunotherapy vaccine to treat relapsed pediatric osteosarcoma.
UF Diabetes Institute To Establish Novel Biobank To Study Cardiovascular and Kidney Disease in Diabetes
A major step toward transforming the understanding of cardiovascular and kidney disease in the millions of Americans with diabetes occurred Thursday when the National Institutes of Health designated the University of Florida Diabetes Institute the home of a new biobank of the human heart and kidney tissue.
UF Health Shands Hospitals Nationally Ranked in 10 Adult, Pediatric Medical Specialties
University of Florida Health Shands Hospital once again has the most nationally recognized adult and pediatric specialties among Florida hospitals ranked by U.S. News & World Report. The 2022-23 Best Hospitals report released today solidifies UF Health’s position as the state’s premier destination for nationally ranked health care specialties
UF Health Unveils Imaging Machine, One of 42 in World, To Tackle Difficult Cancers
UF Health is now the first site in the southeastern United States to house a groundbreaking device that will provide personalized cancer treatment by combining extremely detailed magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, with precision radiotherapy.
UF Health Appoints Chief Data Scientist
Jiang Bian, Ph.D., has been named UF Health chief data scientist, with a goal of aiding researchers as they move into a new frontier of using biomedical informatics to improve health care policy and practice. Bian will develop and support data scientists across data types and diseases, help improve research infrastructure, and expand data science and translational science research endeavors. He will also work to develop a hub for computational health sciences with other stakeholders to advance data science and artificial intelligence research.
Targeting a Human Protein To Squash SARS-CoV-2 and Other Viruses
More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, people are realizing that the “new normal” will probably involve learning to co-exist with SARS-CoV-2. Some treatments are available, but with new variants emerging, researchers are looking toward new strategies. In ACS Infectious Diseases, scientists now report that apratoxin S4, an anticancer drug candidate that targets a human protein, can interfere with the replication of many viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A, offering a possible pan-viral therapy.
UF Health Designated Center of Excellence for Rare Inherited Condition Involving Blood Vessels
The Cure HHT foundation this month designated UF Health as Florida’s first HHT Center of Excellence and one of just 31 centers in North America, marking the health system as a top-tier provider of HHT treatment and research.
