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Three men in masks stand on stairs, one displaying an award plaque.

A beacon of hope

In College, Faculty, Giving, Research news
Barry Byrne, M.D., Ph.D., receives “See The Light” Award from the Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation
By Tyler Francischine
3-D medical background with virus cells on DNA strands

UF Health researchers find anticancer drugs are also effective against Epstein-Barr virus-related cancers

In College, Featured Article, Research news
The Epstein-Barr virus typically spreads through saliva during childhood and often goes dormant after infection
By Doug Bennett
A woman looks down at her smartwatch while running her other hand through her hair.

UF Health researchers look to smartwatch app to fend off pandemic face touching

In College, Featured Article, Research news
Can a smartwatch help prevent the transmission of the novel coronavirus?
By Bill Levesque
Illustration of gut bacteria

UF researchers find changing gut microbiota, taming inflammation may help battle colorectal cancer

In College, Featured Article, Research news
Study examined interaction between inflammation and cancer development, and how the gut microbiota is involved
Microscopic rendering shows the novel coronavirus circulating among red blood cells.

UF Health, OneFlorida consortium to evaluate blood thinners as COVID-19 treatment

In College, Featured Article, Research news
Can blood thinners help patients battling COVID-19? UF Health is part of nationwide study hoping to find out
empty football field

Ex-NFL players’ opioid use in early retirement predicts mental health challenges, UF study finds

In College, Featured Article, Research news
Nearly 50% of NFL retirees in a UF study who reported using opioids in 2010 were still using them in…
By Jill Pease
A bottle of medication labeled Remdesivir.

Trio of medications showing early promise against coronavirus, UF Health researchers find

In College, Featured Article, Research news
researchers see promising results in tests of a trio of drugs intended to fight the virus that causes COVID-19
By Doug Bennett
Electronic microscope image of the novel coronavirus isolated from a patient. The virus is shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the laboratory.

COVID-19 not likely to trigger Type 1 diabetes, UF Health researchers find in joint study

In College, Featured Article, Research news
Does COVID-19 cause Type 1 diabetes? A study co-authored by UF Health researchers throws cold water on the idea.
By Bill Levesque
Health care workers prep a patient in the I-C-U.

UF Health enrolls first patients in national COVID-19 study on convalescent blood plasma

In College, Featured Article, Research news
UF Health recently enrolled the first two patients in a national study
By Bill Levesque
A man stands with a Gator statue.

A Gator scientist for life

In Alumni, Featured Article, Research news
Lawrence Tartaglia, Ph.D. ’13, lends his passion for ‘the science all around us’ to the next generation
By Tyler Francischine