GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Although the nation’s best private universities still dominate, public universities increasingly beat their private counterparts at attracting federal research dollars over the past decade.
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—A new University of Florida study shows that seeking a second opinion after a diagnosis of prostate or bladder cancer can sometimes spell the difference between radical surgery or more conservative treatment — even watchful waiting. In rare instances, pathologists also disagree on whether cancer is even present, according to research published recently in the Journal of Urology.
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—One of the latest drugs designed to keep the body’s immune system from attacking a life-saving organ transplant works no better than a 40-year-old mainstay in warding off short-lived bouts of rejection in lung transplant recipients, report researchers from Duke University and the University of Florida Shands Transplant Center.
MYAKKA CITY, Fla. — When tree deaths began to exceed normal rates in Manatee County’s Flatford Swamp in 1998, environmentalists and Florida water managers suspected water runoff from nearby farms.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The twin menaces of hurricanes and beachfront development appear poised to wipe out Florida’s most diminutive coastal native, the beach mouse, according to new research led by a University of Florida scientist.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Getting your goat will be as easy as picking up a loaf of bread on the way home, if Florida researchers have anything to do with it.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consumer confidence in Florida dipped slightly in August, reflecting a growing pessimism among consumers that could foreshadow a weak holiday shopping season, University of Florida economists said today.