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, […]
November is National Marrow Awareness Month: A USF medical student donates to help save a toddler
Carrie Ryan got the text message while she was in her Introduction to Clerkship class at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine: she was a potential match […]
Spleen may provide new target for treating stroke’s debilitating inflammation
A USF preclinical study shows transplanted human bone marrow stem cells preferentially migrate to the spleen, reducing systemic inflammation of later-stage stroke Tampa, FL (Sept. 15, 2015) — […]
USF research influences understanding, treatment of connective tissue disorders
By Saundra Amrhein As a graduate student David Birk, PhD, developed an interest in connective tissues and the cells that produced these molecular building blocks. He became fascinated […]
Stem cells help repair traumatic brain injury by building a “biobridge,” USF researchers report
University of South Florida researchers have suggested a new view of how stem cells may help repair the brain following trauma. In a series of preclinical experiments, they […]
USF study links cardiac hormone-related inflammatory pathway with tumor growth
Tampa, FL (June 28, 2013) — A cardiac hormone signaling receptor abundantly expressed both in inflamed tissues and cancers appears to recruit stem cells that form the blood […]