Inhibiting thrombin protects against dangerous infant digestive disease
A USF Health-Johns Hopkins Medicine team shows that nanoparticles targeting the blood-clotting protein reduces necrotizing enterocolitis-like injury in neonatal mice TAMPA, Fla. (May 4, 2020) — Necrotizing enterocolitis […]
Study discovers male-female cardiac repair differences in heart failure survival after heart attack
A University of South Florida-led study of mouse cardiac healing may lead to more precise, sex-specific therapies for heart failure, a leading cause of death TAMPA, Fla. (April […]
MicroRNAs may be crucial to normal placental development
USF Health researchers applied CRISPR technology to study the very large human non-protein coding gene expressed only in placenta, stem cells and certain cancers TAMPA, Fla (March 16, […]
USF Health Heart Institute moves first laboratories to new building
The first six USF Health Heart Institute laboratories have begun the move into their new space on the 6th and 7th floors of the new Morsani College of […]
New study identifies inflammatory molecules controlling capillary loss common in many diseases
Using an innovative cellular model, the USF Health-led study also discovers drug combinations to prevent degeneration of these tiniest blood vessels Many diseases arise from abnormalities in our […]
USF Health-TGH first in Florida using new organ transplant technology designed to save more lives
Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. John Dunning and team performed the transplantation of donor lung kept “breathing” in human-like conditions For all the advances in organ transplantation, most organs are […]
Studying interplay between gut microbiome and cancer treatments to reduce cardiac complications
The treatment of cancer may soon get a shot in the arm as researchers come closer to understanding the link between the disease and the diversity of microbes, […]
Celebrating a new home: The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute officially opens in downtown Tampa
The new USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute officially opened Jan. 8, 2020, when USF friends, supporters, faculty, staff and students cut through a long […]
Sarah Yuan wins prestigious national award for microvascular research
Sarah Yuan, MD, PhD, professor and chair of the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine’s Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, has received the 2020 Eugene M. Landis […]
Tiny cargo carriers rich in c-Src protein contribute to disease progression
New USF Health research on endothelial-derived microvesicles, using models of sepsis, may be useful for better diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory or infectious diseases A new preclinical study […]