University of Florida News

ORLANDO—An experimental method of delivering gene therapy into the damaged airways of cystic fibrosis patients is safe, University of Florida researchers announced today (10/25) at the 10th Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference.

JACKSONVILLE–A University of Florida researcher is launching a nationwide program that will provide low-income women with a new tool in the battle against deadly cervical cancer.

GAINESVILLE—After four unsuccessful back surgeries, Alice McKay thought she would battle the excruciating pain caused by degenerative disc disease for the rest of her life. Then the 44-year-old Bell, Fla., resident met a University of Florida physician who suggested something new that possibly could end her pain.

GAINESVILLE–A newly developed laboratory test accurately detects an intestinal bacteria believed to help prevent the most common type of kidney stone, University of Florida researchers report today.

GAINESVILLE — Talking to friends about the death of a parent is more helpful for teens than discussing it with family, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE—Florida’s next cash crop could come straight out of the wilds of South Florida, where the common saw palmetto grows. Researchers at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences say the plant’s berries some day could even rank among the state’s top agricultural commodities.

GAINESVILLE—Older adults who live in rural America are more likely to enter a nursing home than their urban counterparts, report University of Florida researchers in the September issue of the Journal of Gerontology.

GAINESVILLE.—Athletes thrive on pushing themselves to limit, training to the mantra, “no pain, no gain.”

GAINESVILLE — New federal tobacco regulations are just the first strike in what figures to be a long legal and political battle, says a University of Florida law professor who thinks the Food and Drug Administration’s new rule could face trouble in federal court.

GAINESVILLE—University of Florida researchers are making steady progress in solving one of nature’s most challenging genetic puzzles: finding the intricate bits of DNA that make some people susceptible to developing insulin-dependent diabetes.