The USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute has been selected as one of the sites for a federally-sponsored clinical study testing whether resveratrol can alter or delay memory deterioration and daily functioning in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. ..
Read More ⇒Chlorothalonil, one of the world’s most common fungicides used pervasively on food crops and golf courses, was lethal to a wide variety of freshwater organisms in a new study, University of South Florida researchers said Wednesday. ..
Read More ⇒An electronic catheter stethoscope developed by two researchers from the USF Health Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS) won first prize May 11 at the annual Cade Museum Prize competition, which drew more than 120 entries from inventors and entrepreneurs across Florida. ..
Read More ⇒A team of physicists from the University of South Florida and the University of Kentucky have taken a big step toward the development of practical spintronics devices, a technology that could help create faster, smaller and more versatile electronic devices. ..
Read More ⇒USF Health cardiologist Dr. Arthur Labovitz was an investigator and co-author for a landmark clinical trial reported May 2 in the New England Journal of Medicine, showing that aspirin and warfarin are equally effective in heart failure patients with normal heart rhythm. ..
Read More ⇒A new study by researchers at USF Health adds to a growing body of research suggesting that the risk for Parkinson’s disease may be higher among people with cautious, risk-averse personalities. Furthermore, the study found patients’ tendencies to avoid risk and prefer routine activities appeared to be stable personality characteristics across their adult lifetimes, exhibited long before movement disorder symptoms began. ..
Read More ⇒Preclinical work in the laboratory of USF Health neuroscientist Dr. Cesar Borlongan laid the groundwork for clinical testing of SanBio Inc.’s regenerative cell therapy for ischemic stroke, the leading cause of adult disability. The translational research of Dr. Borlongan and his team was critical to a groundbreaking new clinical trial evaluating the safety and effectiveness of adult bone-marrow derived stem cells in treating stroke survivors. ..
Read More ⇒Six years ago USF had no researchers working on malaria. Today, more than 60 faculty members, staff and students are tackling major challenges needed to end malaria, a preventable and treatable mosquito-borne disease that killed more than 650,000 people last year — overwhelmingly children in sub-Saharan Africa. ..
Read More ⇒A University of South Florida (USF) researcher is testing a relatively new psychotherapy treatment he hopes will help veterans suffering from PTSD, substance abuse and other disabling emotional and mental challenges using a rapid-eye movement technique. ..
Read More ⇒USF physicists discover a “new recipe” for solid state refrigeration, bringing efficiency to the process. ..
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