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Scientists use mice to mimic Alzheimer’s therapy

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers with the University of Florida and the California Institute of Technology have developed a new strain of genetically modified mice that allow scientists to examine the potential usefulness of new therapies for Alzheimer’s disease.

Filed under Research, Health, Aging on Tuesday, November 15, 2005.

Walk this way: UF research provides insight into heart healthy exercise regimen

Thirty minutes of brisk walking a day is a step in the right direction toward improved heart health, according to a University of Florida study published in today’s (Nov. 14) Archives of Internal Medicine.

Filed under Research, Health on Monday, November 14, 2005.

Archaeologists: Ancient brewery tended by elite, female brewmasters

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — If the ancient mountaintop city in southern Peru was the vanished Wari empire’s unique imperial showplace, the brewery was its piece de resistance.

Filed under Research, Natural History, Gender on Monday, November 14, 2005.

Light exercise a tonic to keep the brain young

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — People don’t have to run marathons to keep their brain cells in shape — regular, light activity may do the trick.

Filed under Research, Health, Aging on Saturday, November 12, 2005.

UF researcher: Global warming dramatically changed ancient forests

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Palmettos in Pennsylvania? Magnolias in Minnesota? The migration of subtropical plants to northern climates may not be too far-fetched if future global warming patterns mirror a monumental shift that took place in the past, new research by an international team of scientists suggests.

Filed under Research, Natural History, Environment, Sciences, Agriculture on Thursday, November 10, 2005.

UF study: Florida home repairs continue slowly after 2004 hurricanes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Few homes escaped damage in the Florida counties most directly affected by last year’s hurricanes, and household repairs are continuing at a slow pace, a new University of Florida study shows.

Filed under Research, Florida on Tuesday, November 8, 2005.

Innovative UF graduate program receives five-year $3.1 million grant

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Starting next summer, the University of Florida will take an innovative approach to graduate student education through a program that will give students a wider range of knowledge and experience through fellowships that take an interdisciplinary approach to research.

Filed under Research, Environment, Florida, Sciences on Thursday, November 3, 2005.

UF scientists seek to close cell doors to HIV invasion

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have identified a biochemical code that a form of HIV uses to access immune system cells and turn them into virus-making factories.

Filed under Research, Health on Wednesday, November 2, 2005.