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Ocean Medicine - Fish, dolphin, brain and other organs

There's Something in the Water

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 dilemmas

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Florida Dolphins Show Alzheimer's-Like Brain Changes

Florida Dolphins Show Alzheimer's-Like Brain Changes Linked to Toxic Algal Blooms

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.

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Sylvester Looks to Sea and Skies

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Looks to the Sea and Skies for Cancer Discoveries

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Shark

Urban Light Pollution Alters Nighttime Hormones in Sharks, Study Shows

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Dr. David Davis

Miller School Researcher Links Algae Blooms to Airborne Neurotoxins

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Immune Cells in Coral

Scientists Identify for the First Time Live Immune Cells in a Coral and Sea Anemone

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Red tide algea

Miller School and Other UM Scientists Study Impacts of Aerosolized Algae

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Elkhorn Coral Fighting Diseases

Elkhorn Coral Actively Fighting Off Diseases on Reef

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Podcast: Are Microplastics Causing Neurodegenerative Disease?

Dr. David Davis is studying how plastics and airborne neurotoxins contribute to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease, ALS and Parkinson's disease.

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Podcast: Microplastics in female reproductive organs & other environmental threats to women’s health

Dr. Raveen Syan is investigating how microplastics accumulate in female reproductive tissue and their potential links to infertility and cancer.

Listen now on Apple podcasts