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Enagás and SATLANTIS Start Microsatellite Camera Calibration Tests To Detect Emissions

Enagás and SATLANTIS, a UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident company specializing in high-performance optical loads for observation of the Earth for small satellites, are carrying out high-precision optics calibration tests, which will be inserted into a constellation of space microsatellites, known by the acronym GEISAT (Greenhouse Gases), to detect and quantify methane emissions on Earth.

UF Health, OneFlorida Join Trial To See if Statins Can Help Older Adults Prevent Heart Disease, Dementia

Researchers at University of Florida Health and the OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium have joined a nationwide clinical trial to find out whether taking atorvastatin (Lipitor®), a drug commonly used to lower cholesterol, can help prevent dementia, disability and heart disease in older adults who haven’t already been diagnosed with those ailments.

AGTC Announces Expansion of Manufacturing and Analytics Capabilities to Advance Commercialization of Gene Therapy Product Candidates

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare diseases, announced that it has initiated plans to lease a build-to-suit 21,000 square foot current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) manufacturing and quality control facility adjacent to its Florida facility to prepare for anticipated late-stage development of its X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa (XLRP) and Achromatopsia (ACHM) programs.

UF Health First To Place Kidney-Assist Device That Might Help Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

University of Florida Health researchers recently became the first to temporarily implant a new device in a patient with congestive heart failure, a procedure that one day could help physicians manage this potentially deadly condition.

Pheronym Closes First Seed Round Led by Sacramento Angels

UF Innovate | The Hub and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Pheronym, a bio-agtech pest management company, has announced it has closed $242,000 in seed funding led by the Sacramento Angels.

Impatient For Impatiens? New UF Research Gives Hope

If you’re impatient for impatiens, a University of Florida scientist has good news for you: Some varieties of the popular flower resist the deadly downy mildew disease better than others.

From Yellowed Broccoli to Mushy Avocados: How UF Scientists Are Using AI To Cut Food Waste, Loss

If you have ever brought home seemingly fresh produce from the grocery store only to find it wilted and moldering a few days later, Tie Liu feels your pain. “Everybody has this problem: Which of these vegetables or fruits should I use first? Guess wrong, and you end up throwing out the food,” said Liu, a postharvest researcher and assistant professor in the UF/IFAS horticultural sciences department.

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