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Editorial-style medical illustration showing a realistic human heart against a dark green and teal background. Glowing cyan and orange electrical pathways illuminate the heart's surface, highlighting multiple signal hotspots and interconnected conduction patterns. Flowing waves of light and translucent contour lines surround the heart, suggesting advanced cardiac mapping, precision-guided treatment and personalized atrial fibrillation research. Cinematic lighting and layered depth create a sophisticated, publication-quality visualization of heart rhythm science and precision medicine.

Can Advanced Mapping Improve AFib Ablation? The EMPIRE-AF Study

Learn how the EMPIRE-AF clinical trial is testing advanced heart mapping to improve catheter ablation outcomes for persistent AFib.

Aug. 17 2026 |
Illustration representing rapid genome sequencing and genomic data analysis. A large high-tech lens projects streams of light and digital data across the image, intersecting with DNA strands, genomic sequences, molecular structures, network diagrams and chromosome imagery in shades of green, teal, white and orange.

Rapid Genome Sequencing Could Help More NICU Babies, if Key Barriers are Addressed

Rapid genome sequencing can help diagnose critically ill infants. Miller School researchers are improving testing decisions and interpretation of genetic findings.

Aug. 17 2026 |
Composite editorial portrait featuring Benjamin S. Freedman, Ph.D., and Hongxia Fu, Ph.D., shown side-by-side against a seamless University of Miami green gradient background. Dr. Freedman appears on the left wearing a white laboratory coat, dress shirt and red tie. Dr. Fu appears on the right wearing a light-colored textured top. Subtle scientific textures, including abstract cellular structures and biological pathway patterns, are softly integrated into the background. The image is designed in a clean academic style for a University of Miami Miller School of Medicine news article highlighting the recruitment of both researchers.

Internationally Recognized Scientists Expand Miller School of Medicine’s Strength in Disease Modeling and Regenerative Science

Benjamin Freedman, Ph.D., and Hongxia Fu, Ph.D., join the University of Miami to advance kidney organoids, mechanobiology and disease modeling.

Aug. 15 2026 |
Mercedes Prudencio, Ph.D., associate professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, works at a laboratory microscope while wearing a white laboratory coat and protective gloves. Scientific equipment, sample containers and laboratory supplies surround the workstation.

Miller School of Medicine Researchers Identify Molecular Marker Linked to Faster Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers identified an abnormal UNC13A RNA signature linked to faster cognitive decline and greater impairment in Alzheimer's disease.

Aug. 14 2026 |

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