New, Non-Invasive Technology Can Accurately Diagnose Parkinson’s
Doctors have to hand-draw maps of the brain to detect Parkinson’s. However, sometimes this method can lead to misdiagnosis. This may change after a research team led by Dr. David Vaillancourt, UF department chairman of applied physiology and kinesiology, engineered a non-invasive technology that automatically diagnoses Parkinson’s disease. The research produced an automatic imaging system […]
UF Diabetes Institute Director Receives International Acclaim for Groundbreaking Research
The director of the University of Florida Diabetes Institute has been awarded the 2019 Jacobæus Prize, one of the top international honors in the field of endocrinology and metabolism, for his contributions to groundbreaking Type 1 diabetes research. Mark Atkinson, Ph.D., a professor in the UF College of Medicine’s departments of pathology and pediatrics, received […]
Fourth Annual Lemon Ball Helps Fund Childhood Cancer Research
UF Health’s Brain Tumor Immunotherapy program will benefit from the annual Lemon Ball organized by Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer. All of the proceeds raised at the event will help fund Dr. Catherine Flores, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, brain cancer research. Learn more about Fourth Annual Lemon Ball Helps […]
UF Neuroscientist to Serve on NIH Aging Study Section
Paramita Chakrabarty, Ph.D., an assistant professor in UF’s Department of Neuroscience and investigator at UF’s Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, has been appointed by the National Institutes of Health as a member of the Neuroscience of Aging Review Committee of the National Institute on Aging. She will serve a four-year term as a […]
Therapeutic Protein Delivery Prevents Diabetic Complications in Preclinical Models
A bacterium commonly found in fermented foods can be used to deliver therapeutic protein and prevent a common, sight-stealing diabetic complication in mice, University of Florida Health researchers have found. If clinical studies also succeed, such genetically engineered probiotics could be an effective and affordable treatment option for diabetic complications in humans, the researchers said. […]
Signet Medical Solutions, Inc. Announces Option to Acquire Rights of Method to Detect Melanoma Cancer by Smell
Tom Donaldson, President, announced that Signet executed an Option to license all rights to medical non-invasive system to detect melanoma skin cancer using a vapor analysis system. The technology was developed by a University of Florida team led by Dr. Nikolaus Gravenstein, professor of anesthesiology, as well as a professor of neurosurgery and professor of […]
UF Health Oncologist Receives $300,000 Child Cancer Research Grant
Hyundai Hope on Wheels is a non-profit organization founded in 1998 and is supported by the automobile manufacturer, Hyundai. Today, Dr. Elias Sayour, a University of Florida pediatric oncologist, received a $300,000 research grant from Hope on Wheels for his children’s cancer research. He has been working on his research, which deals with developing lipid […]
New Research Suggests Gut Bacteria May Be Linked to High Blood Pressure and Depression
A study of bacteria in the gut identified differences between people with high blood pressure compared to those with high blood pressure plus depression, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Hypertension 2019 Scientific Sessions. “People are ‘meta-organisms’ made up of roughly equal numbers of human cells and bacteria. Gut bacteria ecology […]
When Seconds Count: Identifying and Treating Sepsis
If you’ve heard the word sepsis and have ignored it — or don’t know what it is or why it matters — you are not alone. Nearly half of Americans have never heard of the condition and more than a third cannot identify all of the symptoms. In a nutshell, sepsis is the body’s faulty, […]
UF Scientists: Gut Microbe Finding in Mice May Help Protect Pregnant Women From Malaria
A team led by University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine scientists reports that microbes living inside the intestines of pregnant mice more reliably predict susceptibility to, and severity of, malaria infection than do genetics — a finding they say may have implications for assessing pregnancy risk, and even outcomes, in vulnerable human populations. “We’ve […]