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Dr. Barry Byrne Featured in Denison Magazine

Barry J. Byrne, M.D., Ph.D., director of the University of Florida Powell Gene Therapy Center, a professor in Pediatrics and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, and the...

UF Health Researchers Working to Develop COVID-19 Vaccine Using Gene Therapy Technique

A team of University of Florida Health researchers is using an established gene therapy technique to quickly develop a COVID-19 vaccine that could be tested in humans...

Autopsies of COVID-19 Victims Reveal Blood Vessel Damage

A University of Florida virologist assisted a team of medical researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City with...

Pheronym Wins $225,000 NSF Grant for Commercializing Nematode Pheromones for Eco-Friendly Pest Control in Agriculture

UF Innovate | The Hub and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Pheronym, a bio-ag-tech pest control company, has received a National Science Foundation...

UF Researchers Study Whether Approved Drugs Can Block COVID-19

A new study by University of Florida researchers aims to identify a drug or drugs that can potentially be used to prevent and/or treat infection...

UF Division of Addiction Medicine Awarded $2.7M for Addiction Medicine Training by HRSA

The HRSA Addiction Medicine Program increases the number of fellows that can be trained at accredited Addiction Medicine Fellowship and Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship programs throughout...

Award From National Science Foundation and Amazon to Improve AI Fairness

My T. Thai, associate director of the Warren B. Nelms Institute and UF Foundation Research Professor, Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE),...

Professor at UF Veterinary College Honored by National Veterinary Microbiology Group

Roy Curtiss III, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, has received the 2020 Distinguished Veterinary Microbiologist Award from the...

Evolugate Takes Up the Challenge of Boosting Host Cells Used to Manufacture COVID-19 Vaccines

The COVID-19 epidemic has left the world devastated, with over 350,000 dead and the global economy in shambles in just 5 months. A vaccine for...

Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2019 Announced

The Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2019 report was released by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners...

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