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USF Rehabilitation Engineering Center Demonstrates New Hi-Tech Mobility Equipment
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The University of South Florida’s Center for Rehabilitation and Technology (http://retp.eng.usf.edu) will showcase its latest advanced mobility technology Wednesday, April 23 at 1 p.m. in the USF Research Park on Spectrum Blvd. next to the Embassy Suites Hotel. Rehabilitation engineers will demonstrate new technologies to representatives from the Veteran’s Administration and local therapists. This event is also free and open to the public.
 
QuantumSphere Awards Grant to University of South Florida to Advance Hydrogen Storage in Automotive Fuel Cell Applications
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Professor Elias Stefanakos and postdoctoral student Sesha Srinivasan of College of Engineering received a grant from QuantumSphere, Inc., a leading manufacturer of advanced catalytic materials and a developer of high performance electrode devices and related technologies for multiple clean-energy and electronics applications.
 
Peripheral injection of human umbilical cord blood stimulates neurogenesis in the aged rat brain
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Human umbilical cord blood cells (UCBC) injected into old lab rats caused an improvement in the microenvironment of the hippocampus nucleus of the brain, accompanied by a rejuvenation of neural stem cells. The study carried out at the University of South Florida (USF) was published online at BMC Neuroscience.
 
Hormones Produced By Heart Eliminated Human Cancers In Most Mice Treated
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
According to researcher David Vesely, a doctor at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa and a professor at the University of South Florida (USF), peptide hormones produced by heart could treat cancer very effectively without side effects.
 


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