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UF hepatologists test chemotherapy pill in patients with advanced liver cancer, cirrhosis

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Hepatologists at the University of Florida have begun a new clinical trial in search of a better way to treat patients who have advanced, inoperable primary liver cancer but have trouble tolerating standard doses of the only drug available to help them.

Filed under Health, Research on Tuesday, December 21, 2010.

Scientists ID key protein that links dietary restriction with healthy hearing, aging

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Restricting calories extends life and slows a range of age-related disorders in mice, rats and other organisms. But even after eight decades of research on the subject, scientists are still unclear just how caloric restriction exerts its age-battling influence.

Filed under Aging, Health, Research on Thursday, December 16, 2010.

UF experts seek to improve data on food-borne illnesses

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two new reports question the accuracy of federal food-borne illness reports and recommend systemic changes to the country’s food safety system, according to University of Florida experts who were involved in the studies.

Filed under Health, Research on Wednesday, December 15, 2010.

Climate change may be increasing toxins poisoning Caribbean fish

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Global climate change may contribute to an increase in toxins that poison Caribbean fish and the people who eat the seafood, according to experts meeting this week in the Virgin Islands.

Filed under Environment, Health, Research on Friday, December 10, 2010.

UF expert: Biodiversity loss correlates with increases in infectious disease

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Habitat destruction and species extinction may lead to an increase in diseases that infect humans and other species, according to a paper in the journal Nature co-authored by a University of Florida ecologist.

Filed under Health, Research, Sciences on Wednesday, December 1, 2010.