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Some Nonnative Fish That are Released into Lakes and Rivers Thrive in Florida; Alter Ecosystem

By Brad Buck UF/IFAS RUSKIN, Fla. — Nonnative fish eat away at the banks of rivers and lakes – one reason University of Florida researchers caution people not to release unwanted fish. People sometimes put fish from their aquariums into nearby waterways. Each year, nonnative species can cause $120 billion...

Hippos’ Constant Defecating Turns African Pools into Communal Guts

Lauren Barnett UF CLAS Hippopotamuses can eat nearly 100 pounds of food daily — and, as a result, they fill the pools where they spend much of their lives with huge amounts of poop. All that excrement, new research has found, turns the pools into extensions of the hippos’ guts,...

Hot Tumors: The Turbo Engine That Immunotherapy Needed

by Maja Aganovic UF Innovate Immunotherapy is a hot topic of conversation when it comes to cancer treatment. Pediatric oncologist Dr. Elias Sayour and his team have found a way to make a hot tumor, their way to make immunotherapy, an alternative to chemotherapy, more effective. “I spend the bulk of my...

UF Study: Consumers like Shelved Tomato Juice More than a Refrigerated Product

by Brad Buck UF/IFAS Tempted by the tangy taste of tomato juice? Consumers may prefer a product sold from grocery store shelves over a minimally pasteurized refrigerated product, but only by a small margin, new University of Florida research shows. Researchers at the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences made...

Even at the Cellular Level, Ancestry Matters

by Emily Cardinali UF News Diseases impact different populations with varying prevalence, which is reflected in health disparities that are seen for illnesses like lupus, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. To create effective medical treatments, researchers need representative population samples. Even though disease impacts everybody, medical research samples are often not...

Two Common Compounds Show Effectiveness Against COVID-19 Virus in Early Testing

by Doug Bennett UF Health A pair of over-the-counter compounds has been found in preliminary tests to inhibit the virus that causes COVID-19, University of Florida Health researchers have found. The combination includes diphenhydramine, an antihistamine used for allergy symptoms. When paired with lactoferrin, a protein found in cow and...

Meet the Agronauts

Barb Baylor Anderson Fresh From Florida, 2022 Edition As recent news featured revolutionary trips into space, two Ph.D. plant molecular biologists were making their own galactic headlines. Their pioneering work may ultimately hold the key to traveling and living beyond Earth for long periods of time. Anna-Lisa Paul, University of...

UF President Kent Fuchs Announces Plans to Transition from President to Professor

from UF News University of Florida President Kent Fuchs announced in a video released today that he is planning for this to be his last year as president, capping a tenure in which the university has joined the ranks of the nation’s very best public universities. Fuchs, 67, is serving in his...

Underbite regained: Species feared extinct is the only frog with true teeth on its lower jaw

By Jerald Pinson Florida Museum In a new study, biologists laid to rest a century-old debate by confirming that a single species of frog, out of the more than 7,000 living today, has true teeth on its lower jaw. The culprit, a large marsupial frog named Gastrotheca guentheri, has puzzled...

Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul Receives ASGSR’s 2021 Founder’s Award

UF | ICBR Director and one of the Principal Investigators for the UF Space Plants Lab, Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul, was recently honored as recipient of the 2021 Founder’s Award from the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research. The prestigious award celebrated Dr. Paul’s work observing stress responses and modulations of plants...

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