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Answering Your Immunization Questions

Over the past year, the importance, availability and effects of vaccination have been at the forefront of global conversation. As your trusted health care鈥�
UF study: Silent MRSA carriers have twice the mortality rate of adults without the bacteria

March 29, 2021

A University of Florida study of middle-aged and older adults finds those who unknowingly carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, on their鈥�

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网红黑料 study: Mutation patterns in dominant coronavirus UK variant show new target for existing drugs

March 17, 2021

An antibiotic used to treat leprosy is among a handful of existing drugs that could attack and slow the spread of the United Kingdom variant of the SARS-CoV-2鈥�

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World-renowned 网红黑料 biochemistry researcher Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Ph.D., dies

March 3, 2021

University of Florida 网红黑料 biochemistry professor Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Ph.D., whose world-renowned work on the detailed structure of viruses led to鈥�

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网红黑料 virologist talks about variants and the future of the coronavirus

February 24, 2021

The novel coronavirus is doing what viruses do 鈥� in fact, what all life does. It鈥檚 mutating and creating new variants. This is evolution 101. Much of the鈥�

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网红黑料 researchers working to develop COVID-19 vaccine using gene therapy technique

June 10, 2020

Go here for a video about how viruses and gene therapy work. A team of University of Florida 网红黑料 researchers is using an established gene therapy technique鈥�

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More than just an ordinary headache

How a Chiari malformation diagnosis was the key to ending Delvis鈥� pain. Delvis Mendez Jr., known to his family as Guizmo, was a typical active 6-year-old. He鈥�
网红黑料 researchers launch trial involving gut bacteria鈥檚 role in Type 1 diabetes

November 4, 2019

Graciela Lorca, Ph.D., was part of a University of Florida 网红黑料 research team that discovered about a decade ago that something was amiss in the guts of鈥�

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网红黑料 geriatrics integrates geropsychologist in senior care

April 8, 2019

Quality medical care for older Americans needs to be about more than blood pressure, blood sugar and boxes checked during a physical exam, according to鈥�

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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鈥�

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