AavantiBio Furthers Strategic Partnership With University of Florida To Research and Develop Next Generation Gene Therapy Capsids
UF startup and UF Innovate | The Hub resident AavantiBio, a gene therapy company focused on transforming the lives of patients with rare genetic diseases, announced it is partnering with the University of Florida to research and develop next generation gene therapy capsids with the goal of creating safer, more effective, and tissue specific gene therapies.
ViewRay Announces 510(k) Pending Status of the Newest Generation of MRIdian Innovations
UF startup ViewRay, Inc., a leading medical technology company that provides groundbreaking MRI-guided radiation therapy, announced that the company has received acceptance from the FDA on their recent submission for new MRIdian features focused on enhancing on-table adaptive workflow efficiency and expanding clinical utility.
Dialectic Therapeutics Announces First-in-Human Dose in Phase 1 Clinical Trial Evaluating DT2216, Its First Generation Antiapoptotic Protein Targeted Degradation (APTaD™) Compound, in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Malignancies
UF startup Dialectic Therapeutics, Inc., a Texas-based clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on creating innovative new technologies to treat cancer, announced the dosing of the first patient in a first-in-human, dose-escalation Phase 1 trial evaluating DT2216, the first generation compound built using its proprietary and novel Antiapoptotic Protein Targeted Degradation (APTaD™) technology, in patients with relapsed or refractory solid tumor and hematologic malignancies.
Interview with Juan Tomás Hernani, CEO of SATLANTIS
Avión Revue, an international aviation news site, interviewed Hernani about his journey licensing the technology with the University of Florida and upcoming projects.
The 2021 Nobel Prize for Medicine Helps Unravel Mysteries About How the Body Senses Temperature and Pressure
Steven D. Munger, a professor and vice-chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics and Director of the Center for Smell and Taste at the University of Florida, shares his thoughts regarding the recently announced Nobel Prize Laureates for Physiology or Medicine in The Conversation.
Scientists Zero In on How Termites Coordinate Mating Behavior for Colony Success
By utilizing two of the most invasive termite species in Florida, scientists have gained insights into how animals living in groups—termites particularly—coordinate their leader-follower behaviors to thrive.
UF Team Joins National Study of Brain Development in Infants, Children
The University of Florida is one of a network of institutions selected to implement the National Institutes of Health’s HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study or HBCD, a longitudinal, multidisciplinary effort to study brain development and behavioral health in young children, the NIH announced Thursday.
Oragenics Awarded a $250,000 Grant From the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for the Continued Research and Development of Lantibiotics
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate Oragenics, Inc., announced that it was awarded a small business innovation research grant in the amount of $250,000 (Computer-aided Design for Improved Lantibiotics R41GM136034) for the company’s continued research and development of lantibiotics, including its collaborative program with the Biomolecular Sciences Institute at Florida International University (FIU).
Scientists Find New Watermelon Viruses in Florida; Help Available
Florida watermelon growers, the most productive in the nation, face two new viruses. But finding a disease is the first step to managing it, says a University of Florida scientist who helped pinpoint the diseases.
UF Health Scientists Develop Novel Method of Cryopreserving Lung Tissue for COVID-19 Research
A team of University of Florida Health researchers have developed a method to cryopreserve lung tissue at minus-184 degrees Fahrenheit that give scientists an important new tool to study how the coronavirus infects individuals.
