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Quicker Reviews, Designated Funding Speeds COVID-19 Research Efforts at UF Health

Amid the worst public health emergency in a lifetime, UF Health leaders have taken steps to speed novel coronavirus research, recognizing the urgent need to...

Could Rapid Home-Based Coronavirus Tests Become Reality?

Piyush Jain, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and a member of UF Health Cancer Center, developed an inexpensive home-based rapid testing kit that can...

UF Health Cardiologist: COVID-19 Might Be a Disease of the Lungs and the Heart

As researchers continue to unravel the mysteries of COVID-19, they are increasingly realizing the disease caused by the novel coronavirus often involves more than the...

Global Survey Supports Link Between COVID-19 and Loss of Smell and Taste

A new massive crowdsourced survey of COVID-19 patients from around the world provides the greatest evidence to date of a link between COVID-19 and the...

Dr. David Shulkin Named to SmartSteward Board of Directors

UF Innovate | The Hub resident client SmartSteward, Inc., a digital health company focused on advanced infection control and antibiotic stewardship software for skilled nursing facilities, is...

Industrial Hemp Pilot Project Research Expands to On-Farm Trials

As the UF/IFAS Industrial Hemp Pilot Project moves into its second year, on-farm research trials begin with commercial growers across the state. Twenty farms across...

TearClear Appoints Dr. Amir Shojaei Chief Development Officer

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident client TearClear, a global ophthalmic pharmaceutical company, has announced the appointment of Amir Shojaei, Pharm.D.,...

Gilbert Elected As Member of the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida

Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and chair of the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), was...

ImmuneFX Gene Therapy Could Be a Game-Changer for Cancer Treatment

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alumni company Morphogenesis, Inc., a clinical-stage company that develops novel cell and gene therapies based out of...

Oragenics Inc. and Aragen Bioscience Enter Agreement to Accelerate Development of TerraCoV2, a COVID 19 Vaccine Candidate

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Oragenics, Inc., a leader in the development of new antibiotics against infectious diseases and effective treatments for...

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