UF Researchers Help Discover Novel Compounds That Curb Melioidosis, a Lethal Tropical Disease
University of Florida researchers have contributed to the discovery of two molecules shown to be effective at curbing Gram-negative Burkholderia bacterial infections, which cause the highly lethal tropical disease melioidosis in humans and animals. “The novelty of our discovery is that we found compounds that inhibit the growth of invasive Burkholderia bacteria within a host […]
University of Florida Researchers Developing ‘Pancreatic Islet on a Chip’ to Study Type 1 Diabetes
A group of University of Florida researchers will use a new $5 million grant to develop a “pancreatic islet on a chip” — a platform that will allow them to more efficiently and effectively study Type 1 diabetes and potential treatments for the condition. “The new system will let researchers more effectively study and work […]
University of Florida Neuroscientists Have Received Grants from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants. The goal of the foundation is to support physician-scientists looking for new and better cures for childhood cancer. Loic Deleyrolle, Ph.D., a research assistant professor in the UF College of Medicine’s department of neurosurgery, was awarded a $100,000 St. Baldrick’s research […]
University of Florida Health Researchers Find New Details of Immune System’s Molecular “Switch”
A group led by a University of Florida Health researcher has found out how one molecular “switch” influences the immune system — a finding they say has major implications for future treatments for immune system diseases and cancer. “Knowing how the Treg cells function is essential to long-term therapies that could be developed for autoimmune […]
Grant to Help UF Health Researchers Boost HPV Vaccinations Among Youngsters
A team of UF Health researchers has received a five-year, $2.9 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to evaluate simple interventions aimed at health care providers and parents that could substantially boost vaccine rates for human papillomavirus, or HPV, among 11- and 12-year-olds. Despite national recommendations that all 11- and 12-year-olds routinely receive the […]
UF and FSU Receive $29 Million to Speed Discoveries Leading to Better Health
The University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute, in partnership with Florida State University, has been awarded $29 million to speed research discoveries that will lead to improved health for people living in the nation’s third-largest state. “This award and our plans for the next five years have generated excitement nationally and in our […]
UF Health Shands Hospital Ranks Among Nation’s Best in Seven Medical Specialties
No other Florida hospital has more than seven adult specialties ranked in the nation’s top 50, up from six ranked specialties a year ago. And for the fifth year in a row, UF Health Shands is ranked in more adult and pediatric specialties combined than any other hospital in the state – a total of […]
UF Health Joins Research Network Developing a Data Repository on Infectious Diseases
With funding from a five-year, $6.7 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, researchers at UF Health have joined the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and other academic centers to form a collaborative research network focused on improving global knowledge of infectious diseases. The NIH originally launched the Models of Infectious Disease […]