February 12, 2025
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The root causes of most forms of Alzheimer’s disease largely remain a mystery. Now, researchers have revealed a new piece of the puzzle…
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, +5 more
January 9, 2024
Like the Greek mythological beast with a snake’s tail and two ferocious heads, a potential Parkinson’s medicine created in the lab of chemist Matthew Disney,…
The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, UF Health, University of Florida
April 21, 2023
JUPITER, Fla. — In a discovery fundamental to the inner workings of cells, scientists have discovered that if oxidative stress damages protein factories called…
Department of Neuroscience, +4 more
March 30, 2023
JUPITER, Fla.— A common amino acid, glycine, can deliver a “slow-down” signal to the brain, likely influencing major depression, anxiety and other mood…
UF Health
July 13, 2022
When the virus that causes COVID-19 enters the body, it hijacks cellular proteins and suppresses the human inflammatory response, allowing the virus to spread.…
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, +3 more
August 25, 2020
As large blooms of toxic blue-green algae have become an annual phenomenon in Florida’s freshwater lakes and rivers, as well as other places worldwide,…
College of Pharmacy, +2 more
July 22, 2020
For more information, contact Ken Garcia at kdgarcia@ufl.edu or 352-273-9799. A change in diet may protect against gut-bacteria dysfunction that leads to lupus…
Department of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, +3 more
Dawn Strickland describes her four children as any doting parent would. Jonah, the oldest, is 16 and a wonderful helper. Joel, 14, is the sweetest boy.…
January 31, 2018
With spring break only weeks away, many Americans will apply sunscreen to protect against the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation. Now, scientists at the…
College of Pharmacy, +1 more
January 2, 2018
University of Florida neuroscientists have validated a potential pathway to halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, a debilitating neurodegenerative…
Department of Neurology, +3 more
