The University of Florida College of Medicine’s psychiatry department adds new eating disorder and obesity division.
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology news at the College of Medicine
UF advances work on national obesity epidemic
By Christine Velasquez • Oct 8th, 2009 • Category: Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Psychiatry, Top StoriesNew genes at work in patients with hereditary lung disease
By John Pastor • Aug 26th, 2009 • Category: From the Lab, Molecular Genetics and MicrobiologyThree patients, apparently for the first time in their lives, were able to produce trace amounts of the protective form of a protein called alpha-1 antitrypsin for up to one year, a potential step toward a gene therapy for about 100,000 Americans with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
Vision researchers see unexpected gain a year into blindness trial
By John Pastor • Aug 26th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, OphthalmologyUF research suggests brain can find new ways to process optical information.
UF, Shands HealthCare plan to go tobacco-free together
By Melanie Ross • Aug 4th, 2009 • Category: Aging and Geriatric Research, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Anesthesiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Community Health & Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Medicine, Miscellaneous, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Neurology, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Physiology and Functional Genomics, Psychiatry, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Surgery, Top Stories, UrologyPatients, visitors and employees at the University of Florida Health Science Center campus and Shands HealthCare facilities throughout north central Florida are going Tobacco-Free Together.
Shands at UF ranks as one of ‘America’s Best Hospitals’
By Christine Velasquez • Jul 22nd, 2009 • Category: Aging and Geriatric Research, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Anesthesiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Community Health & Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Medicine, Miscellaneous, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Neurology, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Physiology and Functional Genomics, Psychiatry, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Surgery, UrologyU.S. News Media Group’s 2009 edition of America’s Best Hospitals lists Shands at UF among top 50 best hospitals.
