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The sweet spot? UF doctors test targets for Parkinson surgery

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Doctors may be able to tailor a specialized form of brain surgery to more closely match the needs of Parkinson patients, according to results from the first large-scale effort to compare the two current target areas of deep brain stimulation surgery, or DBS.
Called the COMPARE Trial, the National Institutes of Health-funded study [...]

Filed under Health, Research on Friday, March 13, 2009.

UF study: Preserved shark fossil adds evidence to great white’s origins

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study could help resolve a long-standing debate in shark paleontology: From which line of species did the modern great white shark evolve?

Filed under Natural History, Research, Sciences on Thursday, March 12, 2009.

UF scientists: New genetic analysis method may unlock secrets of nematode populations

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Nematodes may be the most abundant creatures on Earth, but analyzing communities of the wormlike animals is difficult because they’re microscopic and many species look alike.

Filed under Agriculture, Environment, Florida, Research on Wednesday, March 11, 2009.

In today’s economy, dressing room lighting can spell retail life or death

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dressing room lights may determine how bright the outlook for clothing sales is with the nation’s retailers, a new University of Florida study suggests.

Filed under Architecture, Business, Gender, Research on Tuesday, March 10, 2009.

After a few drinks, older adults more impaired than they think

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Older, active people who have a drink or two might be more impaired afterward than they think, according to a report today from a University of Florida research group in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

Filed under Aging, Health, Research on Thursday, March 5, 2009.

FDA: Special clearance for UF-developed antimicrobial wound dressing

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Food and Drug Administration has given its clearance to an innovative wound dressing primarily developed by University of Florida scientists and engineers and being marketed by a Florida company.
The FDA late last week gave permission for Quick-Med Technologies Inc. to begin selling its “NIMBUS” barrier gauze wound care dressings after reviewing [...]

Filed under Engineering, Health, Research on Monday, March 2, 2009.