GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To help alleviate its impact on global warming, the University of Florida is taking the lead among major universities nationwide by becoming the first to craft a plan for the net elimination of harmful greenhouse gas emissions.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Controlled burns intended to restore forest ecosystems that once depended on natural fires may be just as effective in suburban backyards as they are on large open tracts of land, according to a new University of Florida study.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The American public’s image of bad guys around the world is shaped by the nature of the United States’ diplomatic relations with their governments far more than by their evil deeds, says a University of Florida researcher and author of a new book.
CHICAGO — A massive study aimed at settling the long-standing debate over the usefulness of calcium antagonists for treating high blood pressure has shown the drugs are part of a safe and effective regimen for patients who don’t respond to standard medicines - or who stop taking them because of bothersome side effects, University of Florida researchers report.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Scientists from the University of Florida and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have used gene therapy to hinder destruction of brain tissue in mouse models of Canavan disease, a rare genetic disorder that is fatal in children.