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![FAU Launches COVID-19 Registry and Repository to Advance Research](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/covid-registry-newsdesk.jpg)
February 15, 2021
FAU has launched a registry and repository to contribute to new discoveries and knowledge related COVID-19 and is currently enrolling participants with prior documented positive test reports.
![FAU Develops Simplified COVID-19 Diagnostic Method to Ramp Up Testing](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/paz-sean-newsdesk.jpg)
January 12, 2021
Researchers from the Schmidt College of Medicine have developed a simplified COVID-19 testing protocol that is rapid, reliable and offers distinct advantages with less labor, expertise and equipment needed.
![FAU's Lawrence Toll Among World's Most 'Highly Cited Researchers'](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/toll-lawrence-newsdesk.jpg)
December 09, 2020
Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., has been named by The Web of Science(TM) among its most Highly Cited Researchers(TM). His publications rank in the top 1 percent by citations according to Clarivate(TM).
![FAU and Memorial Healthcare System Establish Research Partnership](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/fau-memorial-newsdesk.jpg)
November 16, 2020
FAU and Memorial Healthcare System have formed a research partnership, which combines their expertise and resources in clinical research, clinical trials, basic research and translational biomedical research.
![Dopamine Surge Reveals How Even for Mice, 'There's No Place Like Home'](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/mouse-house-newsdesk.jpg)
November 12, 2020
A study by FAU neuroscientists demonstrates how 'coming home' produces a signal of comfort in mice and is the first to show that home evokes a surge of dopamine that mimics the response to a dose of cocaine.
![What's That Growing on Your Face Mask?](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/grant-mask-newsdesk.jpg)
November 09, 2020
FAU Schmidt College of Medicine researcher has developed a novel device to conveniently sanitize contaminated masks and other items at home or at work and has received a provisional patent for the technology.
![Remdesivir for COVID-19: FDA Approved but Still Unproven](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/remdesivir-newsdesk.jpg)
October 29, 2020
FAU Schmidt College of Medicine researchers reviewed the most reliable data from remdesivir randomized trials. In a commentary, they conclude that effective public health strategies are more urgently needed.
![Opioid Use Disorder? Electronic Health Records Help Pinpoint Patients](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/ehr-newsdesk.jpg)
October 21, 2020
A retrospective cross-sectional study by FAU Schmidt College of Medicine researchers and collaborators, shows that information in electronic health records may help identify patients with opioid use disorder.
![FAU Researchers Receive $1.3 Million NIH Grant for Stem Cell Research](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/kantorow-nih-newsdesk.jpg)
October 14, 2020
FAU Schmidt College of Medicine researchers will analyze stem cell activation with a focus on age-related and degenerative diseases to provide a basis for the development of regenerative therapies.