Through a new two-year $2.6 million federal grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, UCF's College of Medicine is equipping its students with financial aid and unique clinical experiences to address the primary care shortage and encourage students to pursue in-state residency programs. 

A new targeted alpha therapy is showing promise for patients whose thyroid cancer no longer responds to radioactive iodine, the standard beta-emitting treatment. In a first-in-human study, investigators found that a single dose of the alpha-emitting radionuclide ²¹¹At (astatine) was both well-tolerated and effective, achieving disease control without molecularly targeted drugs. The findings were published in the December issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

A major academic medical center achieved the effect of adding 63 beds, giving more patients access to advanced care, by creating a data-driven command center for bed use and procedures to find ways to safely reduce length of stay and more.

Wastewater from washing machines is considered a major source of microplastics – tiny plastic particles that are suspected of harming human and animal health. Researchers at the University of Bonn now have developed a filter to curb this problem. Their filter was inspired by the gill arch system in fish. In initial tests, the now patent-pending filter was able to remove over 99 percent of plastic fibers from washing machine wastewater. The results now have been published in the journal npj Emerging Contaminants.