Patients, 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.
Pharmacology and Therapeutics news at the College of Medicine
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, UrologyScientists program blood stem cells to to become vision cells
By John Pastor • Jul 31st, 2009 • Category: From the Lab, Pharmacology and TherapeuticsCollege of Medicine researchers were able to program bone marrow stem cells to repair damaged retinas in mice, a discovery that has implications for a range of diseases.
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.
Gene therapy technique thwarts cancer by cutting off tumor blood supply
By Czerne Reid • Jun 12th, 2009 • Category: Miscellaneous, Pharmacology and TherapeuticsUF researchers use new gene therapy method to disrupt cancer growth by using a synthetic protein to induce clotting in tumor blood vessels.
