University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—University of Florida researchers have identified a protein that appears to play a key role in fortifying lung cancer cells against the powerful chemotherapy drugs designed to kill them.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The answers to seven questions could mean the difference between a normal life and one plagued with serious medical afflictions for some teens with diabetes.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Cardiologists have spent decades puzzling over what causes chest pain in many of their female patients. That’s because the majority of women who complain of severe discomfort actually have coronary arteries that appear relatively normal in X-ray images of the heart.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Deteriorating bones, worn-out disks and grinding joints: These are some of the problems that can pack a painful punch to the experience of growing older.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In a survey involving nearly 13,000 people — one of the largest studies of its kind — University of Florida researchers have found that athletes have better images of their own bodies than do nonathletes, regardless of sport, gender or expertise.
Because athletic participation across all levels is related to more positive body [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A paper set to appear Friday in the journal Science offers new evidence that scientists are close to pinning down the evolutionary road map for the most diverse and largest subgroup of mammals, a feat that may resolve a longstanding scientific debate and shed light on the newly completed human genome.