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USF Health researchers use firefly glow enzyme to better understand COVID-19, risk groups
Rather than handling the live virus in the study, researchers are using a safer, COVID-19 pseudotype, which also holds the same enzyme that gives fireflies their glow (WFTS).
July 22, 2020Health, Innovation
USF audiology clinic helps remove barriers with clear masks for hearing-impaired patients
Faculty members from the USF Hearing Clinic started a project in April to create face-view masks that would help their patients see the facial expressions of people at the health center (USF Oracle).
July 16, 2020Innovation
USF is using wearable tech to study coronavirus effects
The University of South Florida is working on wearable technology that aims to detect the progression of coronavirus in people most at risk (Tampa Bay Business Journal).
July 10, 2020Health, Innovation
A computer simulation shows how different strategies could stem coronavirus
USF researchers took data from Miami-Dade and modeled what masks and contact tracing, among other strategies, would do (Tampa Bay Times).
July 9, 2020Health, Innovation
Compounds halt SARS-CoV-2 replication by targeting key viral enzyme
Four promising antiviral drug candidates identified and analyzed in preclinical study (ScienceDaily).
July 6, 2020Health, Innovation
USF researchers working to find early warnings for severe COVID-19 illness
Researchers at the University of South Florida are working to identify the physiological response to COVID-19, in hopes of developing an early warning system for patients who may be at risk for severe illness (WFTS).
June 24, 2020Health, Innovation
USF Distinguished Health Professor Shyam Mohapatra awarded Florida Academy of Science 2020 medal
Award recognizes pioneering career achievements in nanotechnology, drug development and personalized medicine (USF Newsroom).
June 22, 2020Health, Honors and Awards, Innovation
USF audiologists address COVID-19 challenges for the hearing impaired with new face masks
Face masks have dramatically changed the way many of us communicate in public. The CDC recommends we wear them to prevent against the spread of COVID-19. That extra layer of protection does have a few side effects, especially for the hearing impaired. Face masks can reduce sound by as much as 12 decibels and block one’s facial expressions from being seen (USF Newsroom).
June 18, 2020Health, Innovation
University of South Florida uses wearable tech to map progression of COVID-19 in patients
A team of Tampa-based University of South Florida researchers is using wearable technology to study the human body's physiological response to COVID-19 and develop a system to identify patients at risk of severe infection (Becker's Healthcare).
June 17, 2020Innovation
COVID-19 adds urgency to USF researchers’ high-tech solution to nursing home care crisis
Nursing home staffing is a perennial issue, even absent disasters such as hurricanes and pandemics that strike the most vulnerable residents and health care workers with particular ferocity (USF Newsroom).
June 16, 2020Health, Innovation
Developing a wearable device to detect COVID-19 progression in at-risk patients
A new study from researchers at the University of South Florida is shedding light on the human body’s physiological response to COVID-19, insight scientists say could help them develop an early warning system for those most at risk of severe infection. (Irish Tech News).
June 15, 2020Health, Innovation
USF Ranks Among Academic World Leaders in U.S. Patent Production
For eighth consecutive year, USF is in the Top 20 of innovative global universities; Top 10 of U.S. public university patent producers (USFRI Newsroom).
June 2, 2020Honors and Awards, Innovation
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