MBI Research News
- New research dashes notions of benign brain plaque
May 21, 2012The time may have come to scrub the idea that brain plaque — deposits of protein that clog passages between brain cells — might not be all that bad. University of Florida researchers have...
- Children with rare, incurable brain disease improve after gene therapy
May 16, 2012Using gene transfer techniques pioneered by University of Florida faculty, Taiwanese doctors have restored some movement in four children bedridden with a rare, life-threatening neurological disease....
- Pioneering neuroscientist who founded UF’s McKnight Brain Institute passes away
March 26, 2012Neuroscientist William G. “Bill” Luttge, 67, the founding executive director of the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, died on Saturday, March 24,...
- Tyler’s Hope raises $100,000 for UF movement disorders research
March 16, 2012Tyler’s Hope for a Dystonia Cure has presented $100,000 to the UF Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration to establish The Tyler’s Hope Season of Hope Fellowship for clinical training...
- Flower power: ‘Brain Awareness’ lecturer to discuss flowers’ positive effect on emotions
March 12, 2012Flowers are a symbol of happiness and good cheer. But new research reveals that the sweet scent of flowers may serve a sneakier purpose: co-opting humans into propagating and protecting them. This...
- Teaching an old brain new tricks: The aging brain works differently to make up for lost function
March 2, 2012For some, successful aging means looking and acting like the young. But not when it comes to the brain. Imaging and molecular studies show that even when older adults perform at a high level, their...
- ‘Think tank’ on rare Parkinson-like disease Friday at MBI
February 16, 2012Irene Litvan, M.D., a world authority on the diagnosis of a rare, Parkinson-like disease, will visit the McKnight Brain Institute on Friday to talk about the “many faces of Progressive Supranuclear...
- Targeting tumors may help stop spread of breast, other cancers
February 2, 2012Cancer that has spread from the site of an original tumor to other places in the body is often viewed as a death sentence. But if there are just a few of those secondary tumors, called metastases,...
- $10 million Wells Foundation gift will enable UF to speed brain tumor remedies
January 30, 2012A $10 million gift from the Lillian S. Wells Foundation Inc. to the University of Florida department of neurosurgery will help medical scientists better understand the causes of brain tumors and lead...
- Renowned UF neurosurgeon to be honored for his life’s work
January 24, 2012Albert L. Rhoton Jr., M.D., almost became a social worker. But with just one semester to go as an undergraduate, he found love in his physiological psychology class, where he was first exposed to the...