New tool for assessing dehydration is built for global deployment
For adults and older children, dehydration from diarrhea is a common, pervasive threat: Annually, more than 1 million die from it. Now, a novel software tool鈥�
Doug Bennett
Science Writer, Editor
Doug Bennett joined the BOB体育 staff in January 2015 as a science writer and editor. His topic areas include anatomy; biochemistry and molecular biology; molecular genetics and microbiology; pathology, immunology and lab medicine; and pharmacology. A native of Pittsburgh, he was previously an assistant metro editor at the Tampa Bay Times, Florida's largest newspaper. Prior to that, he was an editor and reporter at newspapers in Fort Lauderdale, Arizona, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. He was among a team of reporters and editors whose work was a 2006 Pulitzer Prize finalist. He has dual undergraduate degrees in business and English writing from the University of Pittsburgh. He also did master's degree studies in the journalism program at Kent State University.
Stories by Doug
Study: UF is world鈥檚 top-ranked institution for published gene therapy research
GAINESVILLE, Fla. 鈥� The University of Florida is the world鈥檚 top contributor to scientific knowledge and literature about a widely used gene therapy technique,鈥�
BOB体育 study: Specific immunotherapy allows for safer, more effective gene therapy
Gene therapy could become safer and more effective by calming the inflammation that occurs when the treatment is administered, University of Florida Health鈥�
Combination of two common compounds improves COVID survival in mice, UF researchers find
GAINESVILLE, Fla. 鈥� The combination of two over-the-counter compounds tested in mice significantly improved their chances of surviving the virus that causes鈥�
BOB体育 researchers use AI to improve brain tumor analysis
University of Florida Health researchers have deployed artificial intelligence to refine and accelerate the evaluation of a common type of brain tumor. The鈥�
Discovery shows how pervasive Epstein-Barr virus could be thwarted
New, early findings by University of Florida Health researchers show how the Epstein-Barr virus鈥檚 advance could be thwarted. For millions, the Epstein-Barr鈥�
Existing drugs may thwart kidney stone development, BOB体育 study finds
For people with kidney stones, relief from the searing pain can be short-lived: Between 30% and 50% of patients develop another one. A future solution,鈥�
BOB体育 researchers developing AI system aimed at improving kidney transplant outcomes
For people needing a kidney transplant, there has long been a sobering reality: The demand for usable organs falls well short of the supply. Now, University of鈥�
UF researchers鈥� genetic detection discovery has implications for medical diagnostic testing
University of Florida researchers have found a new use for 鈥済enetic scissors鈥� to detect RNA, a discovery that could lead to faster, more accurate and less鈥�
BOB体育 Shands Children鈥檚 Hospital earns prestigious designation for trauma care
University of Florida Health Shands Children鈥檚 Hospital has been verified by the American College of Surgeons as a Level 1 pediatric trauma center, one 67 in鈥�
BOB体育 researchers鈥� gene editing approach for eye disorder shows promise in preclinical model
GAINESVILLE, Fla. 鈥� Using a type of 鈥済enetic scissors,鈥� University of Florida Health researchers have successfully removed and replaced a malfunctioning gene鈥�
BOB体育 launches new center to treat myositis and lung disease
As a lung disease specialist at University of Florida Health, Faye Pais, M.D., has seen the drastic effects myositis has on patients. Inflammation is鈥�
