Neonatal Sepsis: Understanding and Preventing Risks for Your Newborn

September is Sepsis Awareness Month, which was established in 2011 to shine a light on this critical illness. Sepsis is a life-threatening illness or…

UF Health now offers drug that might slow Alzheimer’s disease

April 23, 2024

University of Florida Health is offering a new drug therapy that could temporarily slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in some patients. Lecanemab is…

Decoding the genes behind dolastatin 10 paves the way for new cancer therapeutics

February 12, 2024

University of Florida College of Pharmacy researchers have pinpointed the genetic blueprints behind dolastatin 10, a marine natural product that has led to six…

Novel compound opens new avenue in immunotherapy treatment for cancers

February 9, 2024

A team of UF Health Cancer Center researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind compound that could open a new avenue for using immunotherapy to treat various…

Genetic score advances personalized treatment strategies with promising AML drug

January 17, 2024

In the latest development in precision medicine approaches to treating pediatric leukemia, UF Health researchers have developed a genetic score to predict…

UF Health study: Specific immunotherapy allows for safer, more effective gene therapy

November 22, 2023

Gene therapy could become safer and more effective by calming the inflammation that occurs when the treatment is administered, University of Florida Health…

Combination of two common compounds improves COVID survival in mice, UF researchers find

November 22, 2023

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The combination of two over-the-counter compounds tested in mice significantly improved their chances of surviving the virus that causes…

Scientists discover key to a potential natural cancer treatment’s potency

November 14, 2023

Slumbering among thousands of bacterial strains in a collection of natural specimens at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation &…

Discovery shows how pervasive Epstein-Barr virus could be thwarted

October 26, 2023

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…

Alzheimer’s disease is partly genetic − studying the genes that delay decline in some may lead to treatments for all

September 18, 2023

Diseases that run in families usually have genetic causes. Some are genetic mutations that directly cause the disease if inherited. Others are risk genes that…