UCF Researcher Finds New Signal To Predict Breast Cancer Growth
02/06/2020 A tiny piece of a protein could be key to keep breast cancer from growing. A discovery at the University of Central Florida College...
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Biomed Student Presents Autism Research At State Capitol
01/28/2020A College of Medicine biomedical sciences major investigating the link between processed food and autism will present her findings at the State Capitol Feb. 10....
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UCF Researchers Working To Cut Alzheimer’s Plaque
12/02/2019UCF College of Medicine researchers have found an enzyme that cuts away the building blocks that form the brain plaques linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists...
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How Safe Are BPA-Free Plastics?
12/02/2019Most of us tend to look for the BPA-free labels when buying plastic food storage containers. But are these BPA-free plastics really safe? Megan Rizer,...
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Saving Smiles Through Research
12/02/2019As a young girl, Emyli Peralta was always enamored by the dentist’s office and knew early on that she wanted to help preserve smiles. Today, she...
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UCF Doctoral Student Wins Highly Competitive Chateaubriand Fellowship
11/21/2019Nicholas Castaneda, a Ph.D. student at the UCF Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, is one of 39 young scientists nationwide to receive the Chateaubriand Fellowship,...
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Dean’s Society Event Highlights Cancer-Assassins
11/15/2019“Promising,” “viable” and “critically-needed” were words College of Medicine supporters used to describe the innovative cancer research they learned about during a Dean’s Society event...
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Dr. Parks Named Associate Dean For Research
11/12/2019 Dr. Griffith Parks is the College of Medicine’s new associate dean for research. In announcing his promotion, Dr. Deborah German, vice president for health...
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Huntington’s Researcher Featured On WESH
10/30/2019UCF neurosciences researcher Dr. Amber Southwell was interviewed on WESH 2 News on Wednesday, speaking about Huntington’s Disease and the Team Hope Walk to raise...
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New Treatment Shows Promise For Drug Resistant Breast Cancer Cells
10/14/2019Dr. Jihe Zhao, cancer researcher at the College of Medicine,has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to develop a therapy...
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Dr. Singla Named AdventHealth Endowed Chair
10/09/2019College of Medicine cardiovascular researcher and professor Dr. Dinender Singla has been named the AdventHealth Chair in Cardiovascular Research. As chair, Dr. Singla will serve...
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Understanding How HIV Damages The Heart
09/30/2019Thanks to antiretroviral drugs, HIV patients are living longer than ever before. But while these drugs powerfully suppress the virus, they can also have dangerous...
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