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RTI Surgical Announces Spin Off of Businesses into Two Independent Companies

UF startup RTI Surgical, a global private label OEM company, announced that the company will spin off its Metals business, creating two independent companies that are focused on the needs of customers and patients in their distinct market segments.

Apps Show Promise To Help Heavy Drinkers Age 21–25 Cut Back

A smartphone breathalyzer and blood-alcohol estimator reduced drinking — even though participants weren’t trying to drink less.

UF Health Research To Create Cancer Vaccine Gets $2.5M in New Funding

The Pediatric Cancer Foundation’s Cure-Search for Children’s Cancer is funding UF's Dr. Elias Sayour’s efforts to create a novel vaccine to treat brain cancer in children.

Clinicians May Now Be Able To Tell COVID-19 From Seasonal Flu With Fast Turnaround Thanks to UF Research

Led by Dr. Z. Hugh Fan, Ph.D., professor at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Dr. John Lednicky, Research Professor at the College of Public Health and Health Professions’ Department of Environmental and Global Health, an interdisciplinary team at the University of Florida has developed a game-changing diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 that is fast, reliable, low-cost and capable of differentiating between COVID-19 and influenza.

New and Upcoming Developments in Glaucoma Treatment

Glaucoma specialist, Dr. Amy Mehta, discusses new and upcoming developments in glaucoma treatment, including an advance by UF startup and UF Innovate | Accelerate at Sid Martin Biotech company TearClear.

UF Health Study Suggests Association Between COVID-19 and Erectile Dysfunction

If the threat of death or severe disability isn’t enough to convince someone to get a COVID-19 vaccination, men can add this possible consequence of coronavirus infection — erectile dysfunction.

Jaw-Dropping Recovery: UF Veterinarians Save Injured Dairy Calf Using Creative 3D Solution

Thanks to a creative solution devised by University of Florida veterinarians using 3D printing technology, a newborn calf that sustained a broken lower jaw soon after birth at the UF dairy farm in Hague has fully recovered and is now an 11-month-old growing heifer in the herd.

Oragenics Extends Collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada to Develop Vaccine against the Omicron Variant

Oragenics, Inc. announced it has extended a licensing and collaboration agreement with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) that will enable Oragenics to pursue an intranasal vaccine designed to protect against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

Mental Health Benefits: A Must-Have Resource for Employees

“Mental health benefits are just as important as physical health benefits,” says Dr. Sherry Benton, founder of digital behavioral health platform TAO Connect, a UF startup and UF Innovate | Accelerate at The Hub graduate.

Discovery of Dual-Degrading Compound Could Pave Way for More Effective Cancer Drugs

University of Florida researchers have developed a new compound that simultaneously attacks two key proteins critical for a cancer cell’s survival, a discovery that could aid in the development of more effective leukemia, lung and colon cancer drugs.

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