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Gainesville Chamber Honors Local Organizations at 2020 Business Awards

The Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce hosted their 2020 Business Awards before a limited crowd of guests at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and numerous others via live stream.

Communicating With Nematodes for Better Farming

Pheronym was one of the nine finalist teams for the 2020 Ray of Hope Prize®, presented by the Biomimicry Institute and the Ray C. Anderson Foundation. Pheronym increases the effectiveness of commercially available beneficial nematodes (microscopic roundworms) by tapping into their natural communication platform, pheromones.

Existing Antihistamine Drugs Show Effectiveness Against COVID-19 Virus in Cell Testing

Three common antihistamine medications have been found in preliminary tests to inhibit infection of cells by the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, University of Florida Health researchers have found.

New UF/IFAS App to Identify Toxic Plants

Some livestock, pets and even children occasionally nibble on poisonous plants, presenting a potential pitfall to the animals and youth. Now, a new, free app designed by UF/IFAS researchers and Extension faculty helps you identify toxic plants.

AGTC Goes Mobile to Avoid Clinical Trial Chaos

When leaders of UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC realized how disruptive COVID-19 might become, they developed a plan—several of them, in fact—to minimize clinical chaos.

FLIR Systems Acquires UF Startup Altavian, Inc.

FLIR Systems, Inc., a company specializing in the design and production of thermal imaging cameras, components and imaging sensors, announced that it has acquired UF startup Altavian, Inc., a privately-held manufacturer of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) for defense and public safety customers.

Barry Byrne, MD, Ph.D.: Landscape of Awareness for Neuromuscular Disease

Barry J. Byrne, MD, Ph.D., chief medical advisor of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and associate chair of pediatrics and director at the University of Florida Powell Center for Rare Disease Research and Therapy, talked with NeurologyLive about the virtual telethon to create awareness for a number of neuromuscular diseases.

UF Tissue Chip Experiment to Study Age-Related Muscle Loss Aboard International Space Station

An out-of-this-world mission may help University of Florida researchers understand why adults lose muscle strength as they age. Tiny muscle cells contained on tissue chips are part of an innovative experiment bound for the International Space Station.

UF Startup Helping Veterinarians Take Animal Vital Signs Brings Its Product to the Zoo

Vik Ramprakash, founder of UF startup Structured Monitoring Products (SMP), is making the process of taking vital signs easier and safer. The company’s VetGuardian monitor remotely gathers vital signs, including temperature, pulse and respiration of sick, injured or post-operative animals.

AbFero to Receive € 2M Eurostars Funding for Parkinson’s Disease Therapy

AbFero Ltd., a subsidiary of UF startup AbFero Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held clinical-stage pharmaceutical company dedicated to treating diseases of iron overload, announced the funding of approximately € 2M from EUREKA Eurostars for the development of iron-chelating compounds including their lead agent, SP-420, as a disease-modifying therapy for Parkinson's disease.

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