Department of Biomedical Sciences

College of Medicine researcher makes novel discoveries in preventing epileptic seizures

Published: October 13, 2020 | 1:36 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Sanjay Kumar, an associate professor in the Florida State University College of Medicine’s Department of Biomedical Sciences (Colin Hackley)

A team of researchers from the Florida State University College of Medicine has found that an amino acid produced by the brain could play a crucial role in preventing a type of epileptic seizure. Temporal lobe epileptic seizures are debilitating and can cause lasting damage in patients, including neuronal death and loss of neuron function. […]

FSU funding helps researchers turn inventions into business ideas

Published: August 18, 2020 | 12:10 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Clockwise from upper left: Rebekah Sweat, an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Zucai Suo, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences; David Meckes, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences; and Biwu Ma, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. They earned funding from Florida State University's Spring 2020 GAP program to transform their research into potential commercial products.

A faster way to make test samples for the automotive and aerospace industries, an improved method for producing a wound-healing therapy and the development of an environmentally friendly X-ray material all earned funding from a Florida State University program that helps researchers bring their work to the marketplace. FSU’s Office of the Vice President for […]

FSU study aids fight against HIV, hepatitis B

Published: January 8, 2020 | 3:52 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine, News

Professor Zucai Suo of the FSU College of Medicine. His research has established the mechanism responsible for how two widely used antiviral drugs inhibit viruses, which could create more treatment options for patients with HIV or hepatitis B.

A discovery by Florida State University College of Medicine researchers is expected to open the door for new and more potent treatment options for many of the more than 36 million people worldwide infected with the HIV virus and for others chronically ill with hepatitis B. Their work has established for the first time the […]

FSU research: Ketamine could help men suffering from alcohol use disorder

Published: November 19, 2019 | 10:30 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Professor Mohamed Kabbaj, a neuroscientist in the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the College of Medicine

Research from Florida State University is giving physicians a better understanding of ketamine, a potentially useful tool in treating depression that still has unanswered questions. A team of researchers working in the laboratory of Mohamed Kabbaj, a professor of Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience in the College of Medicine, showed that ketamine can decrease alcohol consumption in male rats […]

FSU research sheds light on spinal cord injuries

Published: January 21, 2019 | 11:00 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Yi Ren is a professor of biomedical sciences at the Florida State University College of Medicine.

Thousands of people worldwide suffer severe spinal cord injuries each year, but little is known about why these injuries often continue to deteriorate long after the initial damage occurs. Yi Ren, a professor of biomedical sciences at the Florida State University College of Medicine, is making progress in understanding why such significant harm is inflicted […]

FSU medical researcher awarded $1.6M for epilepsy work

Published: September 29, 2016 | 3:03 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Sanjay Kumar, associate professor in the College of Medicine’s Department of Biomedical Sciences

Florida State University neuroscientist Sanjay Kumar has received $1.6 million from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to pave the way for a more effective treatment for temporal lobe epilepsy. Temporal lobe epilepsy, the most common form in adults, is not improved with anti-epileptic medications. Kumar and his electrophysiology lab […]

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