Anti-cancer drug viewed as possible Alzheimer’s treatment doesn’t work in UF study

An anti-cancer drug about to be tested in a clinical trial by a biomedical company in Ohio as a possible treatment for Alzheimer’s disease has failed to work…

UF&Shands one of first facilities approved to use drug-coated stent for peripheral artery disease

UF&Shands, the University of Florida’s Academic Health Center, is one of 12 institutions nationwide initially approved to implant a new device for treatment of…

Baby who received UF&Shands’ first pediatric liver transplant since program reactivation now thriving

Now that Chelsey Hoyle is rid of her scarred, dysfunctional liver, the 1-year-old can really get down to the business of being a baby. Chelsey received part of…

UF&Shands reactivates pancreas transplant program

The pancreas transplant program at UF&Shands, the University of Florida Academic Health Center, is again open and accepting patients. The United Network for…

Science of the brain

Leslie Gonzalez Rothi, Ph.D., didn’t start her career working with brain-injured patients and stroke victims. She initially practiced speech therapy with a…

UF&Shands program that oxygenates blood outside the body named a Center of Excellence

An international group focused on treatment for patients with organ system failure has bestowed its Award for Excellence in Life Support to the extracorporeal…

Derailing disease

Agent X is coming. No one knows when or where it will appear, or what it will do when it does. But that doesn’t mean we can’t be prepared. Ira Longini, Ph.D.,…

Interaction between molecules key to dangerous drug reaction, UF researchers find

University of Florida researchers have helped identify the underlying cause of a genetically derived, potentially fatal reaction to an anti-HIV medication, and…

UF researchers receive $1.5 million from NIH to study protein’s role in colon cancer

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have received a $1.5 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer…

Newly recognized syndrome keeps patients from full recovery, UF researchers say

University of Florida researchers have identified a medical condition they say keeps many intensive care, heart surgery and burn patients from recovering fully…

Liver disease and recovery research at UF garners $1.3 million grant

University of Florida researchers have received nearly $1.3 million from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to uncover ways…

UF&Shands reactivates adult, pediatric liver transplant programs

UF&Shands, the University of Florida Academic Health Center, has reactivated its adult and pediatric liver transplant programs and can resume performing liver…