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UF veterinary researchers discover deadly new snake virus

By on July 19th, 2012 | Last updated: September 7, 2012 at 11:06 am

By Donna Green-Townsend – WUFT-FM Research on a disease outbreak in a private collection of pythons in Australia has led to the discovery of a deadly new snake virus.  Assistant Professor in Zoological Medicine at the UF College of Veterinary Medicine, [...]

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UF researchers discover a mutant gut bacteria may cure colon cancer

By on June 14th, 2012 | Last updated: October 5, 2012 at 1:31 pm

By WUFT-FM Staff According to UF Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine’s department of diseases and pathology and principal investigator Mansour Mohamadzadeh, the bacteria is most commonly used in yogurt and cheese.    He says the special strain of bacteria showed [...]

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Longtime UF and community leader E.T. York dies

By on April 15th, 2011 | Last updated: September 10, 2012 at 9:42 am

E.T. York of Gainesville passed away earlier today. He was chancellor emeritus of the State University System and former University of Florida vice president for agriculture and natural resources, executive vice president, and interim president. He was 88. During his [...]

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