Study narrows list of genetic suspects behind scoliosis

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Why one person gets a disease, and another remains untouched, can often be traced to their genetic code, the vast set of instructions that…

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UF scientists unmask gene activity in scoliosis

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A curvature of the spine known as adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is the most common type of pediatric spinal deformity, affecting up to 3%…

An academic model of a spine is in the forefront while a nurse speaks with a pediatric patient.

UF Health researchers map early immune attack in Type 1 diabetes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new study by University of Florida Diabetes Institute researchers provides one of the clearest pictures yet of the development of Type 1…

This microscopic image shows immune cells invading a pancreatic islet, a tiny cluster of cells in the pancreas that includes the insulin-producing cells destroyed in Type 1 diabetes. Cells in the islet appear in green, while immune cells driving the autoimmune attack appear in blue and purple. (Image courtesy of Nature Metabolism)

A Machine, a Baby Girl and a 289-Day Miracle

A machine breathed for 4-month-old Aubrey, doing the work of her tiny lungs, pumping her blood with a soft hum that provided the steady soundtrack of a life in…

UF diabetes researchers test therapy to prevent immune attack against insulin-producing cells

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It is, in a sense, like visiting the scene of an intended crime. A new University of Florida Health study details a new strategy to…

UF researcher finds way to boost protective brain enzyme after stroke

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In the race to limit brain damage after a stroke, most treatments try to block harmful processes. A University of Florida Health researcher…

This computer-rendered 3D model shows human neurolysin in magenta. Green spheres mark a druggable hinge-region pocket targeted through structure-based drug discovery. The white box outlines the computational region used to predict small-molecule binding, predictions later validated in the study.

UF Health study maps hidden immune signals in Type 1 diabetes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Type 1 diabetes researchers have made great progress in understanding the disease in the last two decades, even as a cure remains elusive.…

This image shows the cellular structures of a human pancreatic lymph node. These lymph nodes play an important role in initiating the autoimmune attack that destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas during type 1 diabetes. (Image by UF Diabetes Institute)

Houston, we have a problem: UF study points to clotting glitch in space

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A cut presumably draws blood anywhere in the universe, whether in an earthly suburb or on some future interstellar voyage yet undreamed…

Abdel Alli, Ph.D., M.P.H., stands in his lab where he and his team are studying how blood-clotting platelets behave in space.

Study: Lost wages from long COVID total $12.7 billion in just one year

UF Health study finds long COVID led to billions in lost wages.

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Researchers find vital clue in the progression of Type 1 diabetes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Type 1 diabetes is a disease in which the body mistakenly attacks itself as the immune system destroys the pancreas’s insulin-producing…

This is a microscopic view of islets of insulin-producing beta cells from a human pancreas, shown using immunofluorescent staining. The islets are green.

Internet, lack of trust threatens patient-doctor bond

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Physicians have worked to earn the trust of their patients for nearly 2,400 years, dating back to the days of Hippocrates, the father of…

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Grant helps cardiologists spot a tricky heart condition

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The device resembles an odd stationary bicycle without a seat or handlebars. Anyone who sees it at University of Florida Health would…

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