University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE — Contrary to what Juan Ponce de Leon thought when he searched for it in the 16th century, the fountain of youth is made of anti-oxidants, not water, and it’s a lot easier to find than the famed explorer thought.

GAINESVILLE—Current research emphasizes oral health is a vital part of our overall well-being. But for many people with disabilities — either mental, physical or emotional – finding a dentist trained to care for them can be difficult.

GAINESVILLE—Florida patients awaiting combined heart-lung transplantation now have a better chance of receiving organs, thanks to a new national policy that goes into effect noon Wednesday (1/20/99).

GAINESVILLE—Using an increasingly promising tool from their gene therapy arsenal, scientists have hit on an innovative way to replace a crucial protein that protects the lungs from the destructive action of an often-fatal lung-liver disease, University of Florida researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.