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UF researchers use AI datasets to track feral pigs, minimize disease risk
April 22, 2021Courtesy of UF/IFAS Written by Brad Buck Feral pigs cost the agriculture industry at least $1.5 billion in damage, disease and control costs around the United States annually, running rampant on […]
Extinct Caribbean bird’s closest relatives hail from Africa, South Pacific
April 21, 2021Courtesy of the Florida Museum of Natural History Written by Natalie van Hoose In a genetic surprise, ancient DNA shows the closest family members of an extinct bird known as […]
UF | ICBR Scientists Contribute to Clinical Trial Testing Novel Treatment for Canine Atopic Dermatitis
March 22, 2021Atopic dermatitis, or AD, is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease affecting dogs, causing defects of the skin barrier and modifications of the normal cutaneous microflora. While multiple treatment options […]
UF Researchers to Use AI to Predict How Hurricanes Spread Invasive Plants
March 18, 2021Courtesy of UF/IFAS Written by Brad Buck Scientists project hurricane intensity and frequency will increase with climate change. That leads researchers to want to better predict how storms will disperse […]
World-Renowned UF Health Biochemistry Researcher Passes Away
March 4, 2021Courtesy of College of Medicine News University of Florida Health biochemistry professor Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Ph.D., whose world-renowned work on the detailed structure of viruses led to advances in gene therapy treatments […]
UF Health Virologist Talks about Variants and the Future of the Coronavirus
March 4, 2021Courtesy of UF Health Written by Bill Levesque The novel coronavirus is doing what viruses do — in fact, what all life does. It’s mutating and creating new variants. This […]