How Those Cancelled DBS Treatments Are Resuming
In a new Neurology Today article, Dr. Michael S. Okun, chair of University of Florida neurology and executive director of the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health, discusses these challenges and the recommendations he co-authored the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease to help guide the field forward. “We wanted to get information out not only to […]
Dr. Chengguo Xing’s Kava Clinical Study Makes the Cover of Cancer Prevention Research
Kava’s reputation in preventing cancer just received a boost from the American Association for Cancer Research. The May 2020 cover of the organization’s flagship journal, Cancer Prevention Research, featured a clinical study on kava led by Chengguo “Chris” Xing, Ph.D., a professor of medicinal chemistry and the Frank A. Duckworth Eminent Scholar Chair in the UF […]
UF Study Offers More Evidence That Deet Is a Safe Way to Ward Off Mosquitoes
Summer is back, with warmer temperatures, longer days, and… mosquitoes. When mosquitoes feast on humans, they can leave more than irritating bites behind. They can also carry Zika, West Nile virus and malaria. The insect repellent N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide, or DEET, is considered one of the most effective defenses against mosquitoes and ticks. It has been used […]
Could Rapid Home-Based Coronavirus Tests Become Reality?
Piyush Jain, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and a member of UF Health Cancer Center, developed an inexpensive home-based rapid testing kit that can detect the coronavirus without needing to go to the hospital. “My research group recently engineered a sensitive CRISPR-based technology, that we named CRISPR-ENHANCE, and used it to create a rapid […]
Global Survey Supports Link Between COVID-19 and Loss of Smell and Taste
A new massive crowdsourced survey of COVID-19 patients from around the world provides the greatest evidence to date of a link between COVID-19 and the loss of smell, taste and chemesthesis — or sensitivity to chemicals such as those in chili peppers. The findings may have implications for prioritizing the limited supply of COVID-19 tests. […]
UF Health Cardiologist: COVID-19 Might Be a Disease of the Lungs and the Heart
As researchers continue to unravel the mysteries of COVID-19, they are increasingly realizing the disease caused by the novel coronavirus often involves more than the lungs that it ravages. It can have a devastating impact on the domain of the cardiologist: the heart. University of Florida Health cardiologist Carl J. Pepine, M.D., a professor in and former […]
Quicker Reviews, Designated Funding Is Speeding COVID-19 Research Efforts at UF Health
University of Florida Health researcher Mark Brantly, M.D., and his team are working to evaluate a drug treatment for the novel coronavirus that might block the deadly inflammatory response caused by the disease that curtails the lungs’ ability to function. In the absence of any known therapies for COVID-19, Brantly wanted to open a clinical trial […]
UF Researcher Among 2020 ASGCT Award Recipients
Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Ph.D., a professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Florida College of Medicine, is among the winners of 2020 Outstanding Achievement Award (OAA) which recognizes an American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) Member who has achieved a pioneering research success, specific high-impact accomplishment, or a lifetime of significant […]
Mainous elected to Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida
Arch G. Mainous III, Ph.D., the chair of the department of health services research, management and policy and the Florida Blue endowed chair of health administration in the College of Public Health and Health Professions, has been elected to membership in the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida. Mainous was elected for his […]
UF Researchers Launch Study on Small Materials That May Have a Big Impact on Protecting Communities From COVID-19
Through a newly-funded National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research, or RAPID grant, researchers in the University of Florida departments of environmental and global health and epidemiology are on a mission to improve personal protective equipment, specifically face masks, that are being widely used to protect health care workers and the broader community from infection with SARS-COV-2, the virus that […]