More Florida Mangoes, Please! Scientists Are Working on It
Did you know that Florida is the No. 1 producer of mangoes in the U.S.? And even though production has been increasing modestly over the past decade, consumer demand continues to grow at a greater rate for the popular fruit. A team of scientists at the University of Florida are working hard to grow a domestic industry, and might have found a way to gain ground.
UF Researchers Use AI Datasets To Track Feral Pigs, Minimize Disease Risk
Farmers and ranchers will benefit from research by University of Florida scientists who are using artificial intelligence to gather data on feral hog reproduction and movement.
UF Health Launches NIH-Sponsored Trial to ‘POuND OUT’ Painful Kidney Stones
Kidney stones can be excruciatingly painful and dangerous, but relief may be on the way. A new University of Florida Health clinical trial will test two existing drugs that may slow the growth of these stones or prevent them from forming.
Tampa Bay Company Searching for Other Vaccine Methods
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate Oragenics, Inc., a leader in the development of new antibiotics against infectious diseases and effective treatments for oral mucositis, is in the pre-clinical phase of developing a vaccine they say would solve two critical problems when it comes to ending the pandemic.
UF/IFAS Sets Research Publication Records in 2020
Despite the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences reached new highs in the number of studies published, with UF/IFAS research posted in 2,150 publications in 2020.
To Produce More Food, UF Scientists Look To Get More Mileage Out of Plant Enzymes
Enzymes play essential roles in the cells of every living thing, from bacteria to plants to people. Some do their jobs a few times and fizzle out. Others can repeat a task hundreds of thousands of times before they quit.
New AI Tool To Be Tested in NIH-Funded Study To Improve Diagnosis of Parkinson’s and Related Disorders
UF researchers will broadly test a new AI tool aimed at distinguishing the precise diagnosis for patients with early Parkinson’s disease or two related syndromes under a new $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
HLB Control: A New Potential Method
A University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) researcher has found a material that can be used to silence essential genes within Asian citrus psyllids and in the HLB-causing bacterial pathogen that the psyllids spread.
UF Anticancer Drug Receives FDA Clearance for Clinical Trials
An anticancer drug developed by researchers from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy has become the first drug of its kind allowed to proceed to clinical trial by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Stuart Raetzman Appointed as Interim CEO at TearClear
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech resident client TearClear has appointed Stuart Raetzman as interim CEO and is preparing for a pivotal study on proprietary latanoprost for glaucoma treatment, according to a press release.
