Muscle 'marbling': Good in steak, bad in our bodies
July 24, 2025
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consider the delicate web of fat in a Wagyu steak. The “marbling” that makes carnivore connoisseurs swoon is a visual heuristic for quality…
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UF team plays major role in success of newly approved Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug
April 4, 2024
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Duchenne muscular dystrophy families, advocates and health care providers celebrated a milestone in March with the U.S. Food and Drug…
College of Public Health and Health Professions, +1 more
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New University of Florida project uses AI to improve treatments for childhood muscular dystrophy
December 6, 2023
A project led by a researcher in the University of Florida's College of Public Health and Health Professions seeks to improve the effectiveness of clinical…
AI at UF, College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, +2 more
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UF Center for Regenerative Medicine recruiting for trial on potential therapy for autoimmune disorders
August 2, 2022
The University of Florida Center for Regenerative Medicine today announced the launch of a clinical trial to test safe dosages of umbilical cord-derived stem…
Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, +4 more
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UF Health researchers’ new findings have implications for muscle development, disease
November 5, 2021
To allow movement and function, our muscles use tiny “contraction machines” inside of cells. Each on its own is too weak to move even a fingernail, but muscles…
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, +4 more
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New $6.25 million grant allows UF to expand 10-year study of muscular dystrophy disease progression
February 1, 2021
A new five-year, $6.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will support the University of Florida’s continued efforts to develop MRI…
Department of Physical Therapy, +3 more
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UF researchers see promising results in study of investigational treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
January 20, 2021
Using innovative methods to measure changes in muscle, a University of Florida team has shown that after treatment with an investigational gene therapy, three…
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of Physical Therapy, +4 more
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2018 in Review: Reflecting on Our Achievements, Part 1
February 12, 2019
2018 was a year to remember, as evidenced by the many great accomplishments of our faculty, staff and students. Read on for highlights from each of our health…
UF Health
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Clinical trial of gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy underway at University of Florida Health
August 10, 2018
Screening has resumed in a clinical trial to test the effectiveness of a new investigational gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The clinical trial,…
Department of Pediatrics, +3 more
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Potential Breakthrough in the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
May 21, 2018
At the American Academy of Neurology 70th Annual meeting in Los Angeles on April 25, it was reported that the drug edasalonexent showed a remarkably favorable…
Department of Neurology, +3 more
