BME News

Key to Enzyme Therapy Unlocked

UF Engineers solve 50+-year-old enzyme dissipation and distortion puzzle, opening the door to enzyme therapy for osteoarthritis, periodontal disease and, potentially, cancer A 50-year-old problem Since the 1960s, scientists have known that employing enzymes as drugs would afford new opportunities… Read More

Rashidi awarded NIBIB Trailblazer R21 Award

Dr. Parisa Rashidi, assistant professor, was recently awarded a National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Trailblazer R21 Award for assessing pain management in ICU patients. The under-assessment of pain response is one of the primary barriers to the… Read More

Get a GRiP

Original article published in Our Town Story and photography by Summer Jarro Four-year-old Christian Vann calls his left hand his “lucky fin.” He was born with the condition Symbrachydactyly, which in Latin loosely means short, stubby fingers. On his left… Read More