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Exploring Trigeminal Neuralgia and FAQs Surrounding This Painful Condition

Trigeminal neuralgia is a rare and chronic condition that causes extreme nerve pain in the face. It often involves the lower lip and lower teeth or the upper…

3D Printing of Replacement Talus Bone Potential Boon for Patients

The talus bone, all of two-inches long in adults, packs outsized influence in the mechanics of the foot and ankle. It’s among the human bones with the highest…

UF researchers develop new CRISPR-based tool for cancer diagnosis

April 27, 2023

A team of University of Florida researchers has developed a promising new CRISPR-powered method for noninvasive blood tests that could help clinicians diagnose…

First ‘Institute Professor’ of The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute inventing new ways to target incurable diseases via RNA

February 21, 2023

Matthew D. Disney, Ph.D., a professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, has…

Wertheim UF Scripps Institute scientists gain insight about how our brains create memories

February 6, 2023

Think of a new longer-term memory as a construction site inside the brain. The brain’s neurons restructure themselves and build or demolish connections with…

Genetic cause of ALS and dementia repaired by RNA-targeting strategy developed at UF Scripps

November 22, 2022

Scientists at UF Scripps Biomedical Research have developed a potential medicine for a leading cause of ALS and dementia that works by eliminating…

Lifetime Gator Finds Back Pain Relief From ÍøºìºÚÁÏ

If Bill Belote could choose one place to be, it would be the tennis court. He has played all his life and was even on the University of Florida men’s team when…

Back From the Brink: How Matt Defied Death

Matt Benavidez can't recall how he ended up crumpled on a crosswalk on the night of Nov. 7, 2020. He has no memory of his motorcycle hitting an SUV or rescue…

Healing at Home

Over the past year and a half, some of our most vulnerable populations — those who are elderly, disabled or suffering from chronic health conditions — faced an…

World-renowned ÍøºìºÚÁÏ biochemistry researcher Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Ph.D., dies

March 3, 2021

University of Florida ÍøºìºÚÁÏ biochemistry professor Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Ph.D., whose world-renowned work on the detailed structure of viruses led to…