New tool for assessing dehydration is built for global deployment
For adults and older children, dehydration from diarrhea is a common, pervasive threat: Annually, more than 1 million die from it. Now, a novel software tool…

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For adults and older children, dehydration from diarrhea is a common, pervasive threat: Annually, more than 1 million die from it. Now, a novel software tool…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is the world’s top contributor to scientific knowledge and literature about a widely used gene therapy technique,…
Gene therapy could become safer and more effective by calming the inflammation that occurs when the treatment is administered, University of Florida Health…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The combination of two over-the-counter compounds tested in mice significantly improved their chances of surviving the virus that causes…
University of Florida Health researchers have deployed artificial intelligence to refine and accelerate the evaluation of a common type of brain tumor. The…
New, early findings by University of Florida Health researchers show how the Epstein-Barr virus’s advance could be thwarted. For millions, the Epstein-Barr…
For people with kidney stones, relief from the searing pain can be short-lived: Between 30% and 50% of patients develop another one. A future solution,…
For people needing a kidney transplant, there has long been a sobering reality: The demand for usable organs falls well short of the supply. Now, University of…
University of Florida researchers have found a new use for “genetic scissors” to detect RNA, a discovery that could lead to faster, more accurate and less…
University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital has been verified by the American College of Surgeons as a Level 1 pediatric trauma center, one 67 in…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Using a type of “genetic scissors,” University of Florida Health researchers have successfully removed and replaced a malfunctioning gene…
As a lung disease specialist at University of Florida Health, Faye Pais, M.D., has seen the drastic effects myositis has on patients. Inflammation is…