Peanut Butter Can Help Diagnose Alzheimer’s
A dollop of peanut butter and a ruler can be used to confirm a diagnosis of early stage Alzheimer’s disease, University of Florida Health researchers have found. Jennifer Stamps, a graduate student in...
View ArticleKelly D. Foote
Special Interests Movement Disorders Deep Brain Stimulation Brain Tumor Surgery Computer Assisted Stereotactic Surgery Radiosurgery Biography Kelly D. Foote, MD, is a graduate of the University of...
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J. Glenn Morris Jr.
Professor of Infectious Diseases and Public Health Glenn Morris Jr. is a physician and internationally recognized infectious diseases and public health scientist who directs the University of...
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Folakemi Odedina
Professor of Radiation Oncology and Pharmacy Radiation oncology and pharmacy Professor Folakemi Odedina has dedicated her career to eliminating cancer disparities in the minority community....
View ArticleTrail Blazers
Every process that happens in our bodies leaves a trail of small molecules called metabolites. A cancer cell starts dividing uncontrollably, it leaves a trail. An athlete injects steroids to improve...
View ArticleRuth Steiner
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning Areas of Experitise Growth Management Land Use Safety, Health and Environment Sustainability Transportation The Center for Health and the Built Environment,...
View ArticleDeep Thought
Photos by Bob Croslin By David Noonan Like most people in need of major surgery, Rodney Haning, a retired telecommunications project manager and avid golfer, has a few questions for his doctors. He...
View ArticleUF developing mixed-reality simulators for training in treatment of injured...
Lampotang’s team is building and testing mixed-reality simulators for five different medical procedures. The simulators are designed to work in low-tech environments using the same hand-held equipment...
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UF Health granted $11 million to establish comprehensive sepsis research center
Sepsis is a severe, systemic combination of infection and inflammation that can shut down organs, depress or overactivate the immune system and cause death. University of Florida health researchers...
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Intersecting Paths
Griffin Mangan Amy and Mike Mangan knew immediately that something was wrong with their son Griffin when he came home to Ocala last September just a month after starting his sophomore year at Florida...
View ArticleGene Therapy Offers Hope For MS
In patients with multiple sclerosis, the body turns on itself, launching an immune system attack that destroys the coating around nerve fibers in the central nervous system, leaving them exposed like...
View ArticleResearcher continues quest for peanut that won’t cause allergic reaction
“This process proves that pulsed light can inactivate the peanut allergenic proteins and indicates that pulsed light has a great potential in peanut allergen mitigation.” — Wade Yang A University of...
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Scaled Down
In the world of weight loss and fitness, numbers rule: 279 pounds; 20,000 pushups; 75 miles; a 6:22 marathon; a 16:39:53 Ironman; a 750-pound truck tire; the No. 6 at the drive-thru; a 76-ounce steak....
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Hunt Is On For Leukemia’s Hiding Places
In patients with leukemia, cancer cells can embed within the walls of blood vessels and hide from chemotherapy, according to a University of Florida study. Now, researchers are using a two-year,...
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Outbreak
Ira Longini has long experience in modeling infectious diseases, from the annual versions of influenza to the exotic chikungunya, and cholera and dengue in between. “About seven or eight years ago I...
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Sweat Equity
Champions at the University of Florida – whether in sports or science – are built on a lemon-lime foundation. From the Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Institute to the Center for Exercise Science and...
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‘Personalized medicine’ drives better outcomes for certain heart patients
In the weeks and months after a patient gets a heart stent, blood clots can pose a major threat to recovery. Now, University of Florida Health researchers have found that a quick genetic test can tell...
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Microarray makes Chemo Personal
Two University of Florida researchers have invented a device that makes chemotherapy treatments more personalized, efficient and affordable. The miniaturized platform, known as a microarray, uses...
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Gregory Gray
Professor of Environmental & Global Health Greg Gray has conducted epidemiological infectious disease research in the U.S. and abroad for 25 years. His current research interests include the...
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William Hauswirth
Professor of Molecular Genetics Molecular geneticist William Hauswirth has spent his 30-year career searching for ways to treat gene-based diseases of the eye. Since 2009, Hauswirth’s team has helped...
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