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UF researchers developing device to detect brain bleeding in pre-term infants
University of Florida researchers from the colleges of Medicine and Engineering have received a two-year, $694,000 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in collaboration with EGI Inc. to develop a device that not only monitors preemies’ fragile brains, but also detects intraventricular bleeding as soon as it starts.
Perfect 10s
Two Department of Pediatrics researchers earned “Perfect 10s” from the National Institutes of Health, or NIH.
UF researcher aims to improve pediatric liver cancer treatment
A University of Florida researcher has received three grants to study gene therapy techniques that target hepatoblastoma, or HB, the most common pediatric liver cancer in the U.S.
Shands Hospital for Children ranked again among nation’s best
Shands Hospital for Children at the University of Florida has been recognized among the nation’s best in seven medical specialties in the 2012-13 U.S. News Best Children’s Hospitals rankings.
Another chance for Olivia
UF performs first diaphragm pacing surgery on child with Pompe disease.
Breakthrough
Gene therapy helps children with rare, often fatal disease.
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