Imagine if the next breakthrough in cancer biology or dementia did not start in a lab. Imagine it began with an odd little fish, a living coral, or a long-lived dolphin, species shaped by real world environmental exposures that humans increasingly share.
At UHealth and the University of Miami, that question is more than curiosity. It is a research approach built on one of the most biologically rich marine environments in the United States and anchored by deep expertise across marine science, medicine, and public health. Explore how we are using what's in the water to tackle some of medicine's toughest dilemmasRead the full article as seen in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
Researchers at the University of Miami have discovered that dolphins in Florida waters are showing brain pathology remarkably similar to Alzheimer's disease in humans, with toxic algal blooms potentially playing a key role.
Read MoreDr. David Davis is studying how plastics and airborne neurotoxins contribute to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease, ALS and Parkinson's disease.
Listen now on Apple podcastsDr. Raveen Syan is investigating how microplastics accumulate in female reproductive tissue and their potential links to infertility and cancer.
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