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Researchers: Thin, Silver Nanowires May Hold Key to Flexible and Safe Touchscreens

As manufacturers seek to transition from rigid touchscreen displays, which use brittle indium tin oxide, to flexible ones that can bend, roll or fold, they...

Pheromones Give Nematodes a Boost in Controlling Pests

UF Innovate alumni startup Pheronym, an ag-biotech pest control company that develops and produces nematode pheromones that can be used to direct beneficial nematode behavior,...

US Biotech Startup Eyes 2020 Avian Necrotic Enteritis Vaccine Launch

Founded in 2015, UF startup Curtiss Healthcare commercialized UF researcher Dr. Roy Curtiss III’s research into orally distributed Salmonella vector vaccines. The startup, a resident...

AGTC Completes Enrollment of Third Group in the Dose Escalation Portion of the Achromatopsia CNGA3 Phase 1/2 Clinical Study

UF startup and UF Innovate│Sid Martin Biotech graduate Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene...

UF/IFAS Researchers Use AI to Take the Guesswork Out of Fruit Pricing

Pricing fruit comes down to a bit of art and some science for farmers. But new technology from the University of Florida may remove some...

UF Researcher Receives $250,000 Grant to Combat Pediatric Cancer

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation awarded Dr. Catherine Flores, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Florida, with the Innovation Grant....

Morphogenesis, Inc. Moves Forward With Development of Cancer Vaccine

UF startup Morphogenesis, Inc., a clinical-stage immunotherapy company headquartered in Tampa, has been working on the research for nearly 20 years and has already completed...

Sun BioPharma, Inc. Provides an Update on Ongoing Front-Line Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial

UF startup Sun BioPharma, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing disruptive therapeutics for the treatment of pancreatic diseases, provides an update on the Company’s current...

Leading Medical Technology Company, ViewRay, Picks Metro Denver for Expansion

UF startup ViewRay, Inc., a leading medical technology company that provides groundbreaking MRI-guided radiation therapy, announced that they are opening a new location in Denver. ViewRay...

UF Brain Cancer Researcher Awarded Research Grant

A UF assistant professor in the department of neurosurgery has been awarded a grant of $1.9 million from the National Institutes of Health. The money...

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