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NIH Award Supports New Extracellular Vesicle Loading Platform To Develop Gene Therapy

UF researcher Mei He, Ph.D., has received a $1.3 million award from the National Institutes of Health to support a new extracellular vesicle platform used to develop gene therapy.

UF Researchers Get Closer to Saliva Test for Breast Cancer

UF researchers have improved a potentially transformative handheld device to detect breast cancer in saliva, simplifying the design and confirming its accuracy.

Oragenics Selects Southern Star Research As Clinical Research Organization for ONP-002 Phase IIa Trial

UF Innovate | Accelerate graduate Oragenics, Inc., announced the selection of Southern Star Research as its Clinical Research Organization (CRO) for the upcoming Phase IIa clinical trial of ONP-002, the company’s lead drug candidate for concussion.

‘Lifesaving’ Ketamine Offers New Hope for PTSD Sufferers

A UF study led by 2024 graduate Shahar Almog, Ph.D., reveals additional mental health benefits of ketamine, further supporting its potential as a treatment for depression and PTSD.

Study: Gene Therapy May Block HIV Transmission During Breastfeeding

UF researchers have published in Nature a breakthrough gene therapy that delivers broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies at birth, offering long-term protection against breastfeeding transmission with a single dose.

Farahmandi Receives 2024–25 Khargonekar Award

Associate Professor and Walden C. Rhines Endowed Professor for Hardware Security Farimah Farahmandi, Ph.D., has received the 2024–25 Pramod P. Khargonekar Award, which recognizes an outstanding junior faculty member undergoing tenure and promotion review this past fall

UF News

NIH Award Supports New Extracellular Vesicle Loading Platform To Develop Gene Therapy

UF Researchers Get Closer to Saliva Test for Breast Cancer

Oragenics Selects Southern Star Research As Clinical Research Organization for ONP-002 Phase IIa Trial

‘Lifesaving’ Ketamine Offers New Hope for PTSD Sufferers

Study: Gene Therapy May Block HIV Transmission During Breastfeeding

Farahmandi Receives 2024–25 Khargonekar Award

Tech Tuesday: University of Florida Lab Working on Making Robotic Hands More Human-Like

Florida Scientists To Send Seeds to ISS To Study Farming Solutions for Earth’s Harsh Conditions

UF Doctor Bridges Medicine, Engineering for Human Spaceflight Through VAST Space Experience

New AI Model Aims To Increase Lactation, Breastfeeding Rates in NICU