Hua Pan’s presentation wins a top prize at European Society of Cardiology Congress
USF Health’s Hua Pan, PhD, MBA, won first place for her moderated poster presentation titled “Anti-thrombin nanoparticles limit ischemia-reperfusion injury and no-reflow in myocardial infarction” on Sept. 2 […]
USF Health research institutes rank in State University System’s Top 10
Two USF Health Morsani College of Medicine research-focused institutes rank among the Top 10 Institutes and Centers within Florida’s State University System (SUS). The ranking was derived […]
MCOM researchers part of study using new mouse model linking transfusions to dangerous digestive disease in infants
USF Health Heart Institute scientists developed nanoparticles deployed to suppress inflammation in the bowels of anemic infant mice, preventing transfusion-associated intestinal injury Physicians have long suspected that red […]
Inhibiting enzyme GSK3ß reduces abnormal cardiac parasympathetic function in type 1 diabetic mice
The new study, with collaboration from USF Health, establishes potential targets for treating diabetic damage to nerves regulating heart rate Cardiac autonomic neuropathy, a common complication of diabetes, […]
Nano-delivered therapy inhibits spread of ovarian, uterine cancer cells
The peptide-siRNA nanoparticle technology applied in the preclinical study was developed by USF Health Heart Institute researchers Advanced ovarian and uterine cancers are deadly diseases. Ovarian cancers, in […]
Inhaling air pollution-like irritant alters defensive lung-heart reflexes in hypertension model
The USF Health study, using a rat model for high blood pressure, helps explain the different nerve-induced physiological response to air pollution in patients with preexisting cardiovascular disease […]
USF Health Heart Institute director named to AIMBE College of Fellows
March 25, 2019 — USF Health Heart Institute Director Samuel Wickline, MD, a pioneer in nanotechnology targeting heart disease and other disorders, has been inducted into the American […]
USF Health, Moffitt lead one of nation’s first academic Cardio-Oncology Programs
Michael Fradley, MD, had finished medical school. He’d completed training in internal medicine and cardiology. He decided to pursue further training in electrophysiology, and began observing a substantial […]
USF awarded AHA Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships program
The program, one of five awarded nationally this year, pairs faculty mentors from USF Health’s Heart Institute with promising students interested in cardiovascular or related biomedical research The […]
New research discovers genetic variation linked to African Americans with heart failure
The University of South Florida-led study is another step toward more effective treatments for a population disproportionately affected by this chronic cardiovascular disease TAMPA, Fla. (March 7, 2018) […]
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