A UF study of hundreds of chemicals that repel insects was cited in a May 27 Associated Press story about the possibilities of a longer lasting mosquito repellant. The story ran in numerous papers nationwide.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Once heralded as a promising obesity treatment, the hormone leptin lost its fat-fighting luster when scientists discovered overweight patients were resistant to its effects. But pairing leptin with just a minor amount of exercise seems to revive the hormone’s ability to fight fat again, University of Florida researchers recently discovered.
Finance professor Jay Ritter was quoted in a May 27 International Herald-Tribune story about a new requirement for the largest public companies to begin filing their financial data in a new business reporting language known as XBRL.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tax stimulus checks failed to blunt the damaging effects of record gas prices and rising debt on Florida’s consumer confidence in May, causing it to drop one point to 65 and hit a new 16-year record low, according to the latest statistics from the University of Florida.
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Agricultural economist Tom Spreen was quoted in a May 25 Atlanta Journal-Constitution story about the new federal farm bill’s positive impact on Florida’s sugar cane industry.
Win Phillips, vice president for research, was quoted in a May 22 Associated Press story about Florida’s investment of part of its state pension fund into high-tech businesses. The quote was the result of a News Bureau referral.
Retired professor and foundation expert John Schmertmann was quoted in a May 21 Associated Press story about the possible weaknesses of newly rebuilt levees in New Orleans. The story ran in numerous papers nationwide.
Gynecologist Andrew Kaunitz was quoted in a May 20 Arizona Republic story about contraception choices for middle-age women.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Replacing one amino acid on the surface of a virus that shepherds corrective genes into cells could be the breakthrough scientists have needed to make gene therapy a more viable option for treating genetic diseases such as hemophilia, University of Florida researchers say.