UF researchers see promise in using stem cells to treat chest pain
By STEVEN WEINER | Oct. 31, 2007UF researchers are hoping stem cells found in human bones can relieve patients' suffering from the painful effects of heart disease.
UF researchers are hoping stem cells found in human bones can relieve patients' suffering from the painful effects of heart disease.
I hate to break it to you Gators fans, but this basketball season is going to be just like football, so brace yourselves now.
It used to be that everyone's favorite pixilated plumber, Mario, was on the cutting edge of graphical power.
Yesterday I was worried that I wouldn't have time to buy a Gator Growl ticket before the show Friday. Between my work schedule and classes, I just wasn't sure I would have time to pick up a ticket while I was on campus.
Who's in the know about nooses in the news? Probably fewer people than the number who know about Britney Spears and Tasers.
The UF soccer team entered the season with stars in its eyes and hopes of a national championship in its sights.
So Student Government got Library West to extend its hours during exam week - one of the Gator Party's platform goals for this year, which party members will surely pat themselves on the back for and tout as a "tangible result."
Dripping blood and moaning for brains, nine zombies lurched through campus Wednesday night.
Thanks to Student Government, UF students will be able to pull all-nighters in Library West before finals this fall.
While we may not agree with what Meyer said during the events of Sept. 17 we should, as Voltaire said, "defend to the death" his right to say it.
For the first time in about eight years, Bread of the Mighty Food Bank does not have enough food to distribute to all of the nonprofit organizations that need it.
The Gators have had to answer questions all preseason about their 9-22 record last season and why this year will be different.
Jacob Sedesse, 5, waited in line for candy on West Panhellenic Drive wearing a No. 49 Gators football jersey for his Halloween costume.
UF offensive lineman Mike Pouncey transitioned to the defensive line this week at practice, and now it looks like he may have secured a starting job.
In response to "MTV reality show a disgrace to society," society's problem isn't promiscuous sex. "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila" is cheap, disgusting entertainment - there is no disputing that. But the reason prime-time television is filled with such garbage is because people keep tuning in. Society's real disgraces are the people who tune in to such mindless drivel while the world is bleeding and crying out to be heard.
It was hard trying to be a rock star while tethered four feet from the TV and Playstation 2.
The UF men's tennis team will be spread across the nation starting today and throughout the rest of the weekend.
Graduate teaching assistants. They make up one of the most underpaid and overworked groups at the university. And now, instead of paying all their fees at the beginning of the semester, they want them deducted from their paychecks over the course of the semester, or even worse - done away with completely.
This is in reference to the announcement that sport and fitness classes will be dramatically cut.
Take a good look at the poster for "Scarface" with that famous black-and-white image of Al Pacino. Now imagine Denzel Washington in the place of Pacino (he even holds a pistol in the same hand) and plop Russell Crowe behind him for good measure, and you have the poster for Ridley Scott's new film, "American Gangster," which was surely no accident.