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Sara Dagen

Plasma Oxalate and Kidney Function Are Correlated in Patients With Primary Hyperoxaluria With Maintained Kidney Function – Data From Three Placebo-Controlled Studies Published

UF startup OxThera AB, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the lives of people with Primary Hyperoxaluria (PH), announces the publication of an article in Pediatric Nephrology, on the significant correlation between plasma oxalate and kidney function in three controlled clinical trials with PH patients.

University of Florida Focusing on AI

Researchers with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) are working as teams to use artificial intelligence (AI) to attack complex issues.

AbFero Pharmaceuticals Announces Funding From Cure Parkinson’s for Lead Compound SP-420

AbFero Ltd., a subsidiary of UF startup AbFero Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held clinical stage pharmaceutical company dedicated to treating diseases of iron overload, announced the award of a grant from Cure Parkinson's for the development of their lead, brain-penetrant iron chelating agent, SP-420, as a disease modifying therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD).

Economic Impact

Despite the pandemic, University of Florida researchers conducted record amounts of research in 2020 and companies born of UF research continued to bring billions of dollars and thousands of jobs into the state.