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New Combination Therapy Slows Deadly Brain Tumor in Mice, UF Health Researchers Find

As the deadliest primary brain tumor, glioblastoma is a stubborn foe. In addition to being aggressive, glioblastoma hasn’t responded to immunotherapies that have succeeded against...

Zika Epidemic Likely Suppressed Dengue in Latin America

When the Zika epidemic burned through the Americas in 2015, it was transmitted in the same areas where the dengue virus was already endemic. This...

J. Crayton Pruitt Family Professor Named NAI Fellow

Dr. Jon Dobson, J. Crayton Pruitt Family professor, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election to NAI Fellow status...

Dr. Michael Okun Featured on Podcast

Dr. Michael Okun, of the Fixel Institute of Neurological Diseases, interviews Charbel Moussa, MD, Ph.D, author of a recent article on Nilotinib Effects on Safety,...

Alcoholic? Me? How to Tell if Your Holiday Drinking Is Becoming a Problem

University of Florida researcher Sara Jo Nixon, Ph.D., director at the Center for Addiction Research & Education, discusses in The Conversation how much can a...

Axogen Awarded Research Grant From the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute

UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Axogen, Inc., a global leader in developing and marketing innovative surgical solutions for damage or...

Oxidien Pharmaceuticals Announces Favorable Response from FDA on Proposed Development Plan

UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Oxidien Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a best-in-class enzyme therapeutic for secondary hyperoxaluria, announced that it has...

Engineering Firm ETM, Inc., Launches Accelerator Branch In The Gainesville Innovation District

Jacksonville based engineering firm, ETM, Inc., made the Gainesville Innovation District their new home as they launched an accelerator branch to support the rising young...

ViewRay Announces Collaborations with Elekta and Medtronic

UF startup ViewRay, Inc., a leading medical technology company that provides groundbreaking MRI-guided radiation therapy, announced that it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding...

RTI Surgical® Announces Cigna’s Positive Medical Coverage Policy for Minimally Invasive SI Joint Fusion Surgery

UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum RTI Surgical, Inc., a global surgical implant company, announced that Cigna Corporation, a global health service company, issued...

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