GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Products combining sunscreen and the bug repellent DEET can be convenient, but University of Florida researchers are suggesting manufacturers take a closer look at the formulations after new research in mice found the mixtures greatly boost absorption of the chemical through the skin.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A gene therapy to combat one of the most common hereditary disorders, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, appears safe in the first three patients to participate in a landmark clinical trial, University of Florida researchers have found.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Women who are fat yet fit appear less likely to suffer heart attacks or die than those who are slender but slothful, University of Florida researchers report today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Jane Adams, vice president for government relations for the Walt Disney World Co. in Orlando, has been named the University of Florida’s new vice president for university relations. She will assume her new position Oct. 1, according to UF officials.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The protein that gave the Incredible Hulk his distinctive green hue has provided University of Florida researchers the tool they needed to demonstrate for the first time in nature an evolutionary theory that even its originator, Charles Darwin, found troubling.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An old adage says you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar. But the burrowing owl has come up with another alternative: manure.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When the band Steppenwolf sang of heavy metal thunder in “Born to be Wild,” their classic ode to the freewheeling biker lifestyle, they equated rocking out to the new electric music of their time with the ear-pounding experience of riding a motorcycle. The notion that loud music can damage hearing is common knowledge, but the noise produced by motorcycles can pose similar risk to riders, University of Florida hearing experts caution.