VetGuardian Developing Innovative Technology for Pet Monitoring
Veterinary medicine is dangerous, but being bitten, scratched, or clawed is just part of the job. What if there were a remote health monitoring solution that allowed veterinarians to check the vitals of pets and other animals without putting themselves at risk? Scott Ijaz, VP of commercial development at VetGuardian, a company developing the first […]
UF Professor Named as an Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine by National Academy of Medicine
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced the 2020 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Scholars. These individuals are early- to mid-career professionals from a wide range of health-related fields, from emergency medicine and health economics to biomedical engineering and research and public health policy. The scholars are an essential part of a major NAM […]
UF/IFAS Scientists Help National Team Breed Better Pomegranates
California farmers produce 90% of the nation’s pomegranates, but ‘Wonderful’ pomegranates come from cuttings in Florida, and some Florida farmers seeking alternative crops see pomegranates as among their options. Zhanao Deng, a professor of environmental horticulture at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC), soon will collaborate with researchers nationwide to breed more […]
A Lifelong Science Nerd is Winning the Fight Against Blindness
Shannon Boye, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Florida College of Medicine, is at the top of her game. She’s emerged as a renowned retinal researcher, making invaluable contributions to the advancement of treatments and cures including the development of gene therapy, now in a clinical trial, for Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA1, GUCY2D mutations). Her […]
Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul Appointed Director of UF ICBR
The University of Florida Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research recently announced the appointment of its new director, Anna-Lisa Paul, Ph.D. Dr. Paul assumed the position effective March 20, 2020. For the past year, Dr. Paul has served as ICBR’s interim director. During that time, Dr. Paul spearheaded the center’s acquisition of state-of-the-art equipment and furthered […]
UF Health to Provide Coronavirus Test-and-Trace Program to Help Reopen University
University of Florida Health is rolling out plans for a rigorous “test-and-trace” program to support the phased reopening of UF, an expansive data-driven effort that will allow students, faculty, and staff to return to campus as safe as possible while minimizing the risk of infection from the novel coronavirus. The program builds on UF Health’s […]
Oragenics Acquires Noachis Terra Inc., to Develop Its TerraCoV2 NIH-Generated SARS-CoV-2 (COVID 19) Vaccine Candidate Utilizing “Spike Protein”
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate company Oragenics, Inc., a leader in the development of new antibiotics against infectious diseases and effective treatments for oral mucositis, announced its acquisition of UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Noachis Terra Inc., following its entry into a stock purchase agreement, to develop and […]
Lessons Learned From Treating Sepsis May Help With COVID-19 Treatment, UF Researchers Suggest
The mortality rate of the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the standard process of drug development, amplifying the need for lifesaving treatment and marking the start of the sprint toward a cure or gold standard treatment. In a commentary published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine, UF researchers and their collaborators are looking to the past for answers […]
Three Questions About Trends in Antihypertensive Combination Therapy
Specific combinations of 2 drug classes, based upon complementary mechanisms or benefits for a concomitant disease, are recommended for the management of hypertension. However, how often these combinations are utilized and how these trends are affected by the effectiveness of blood pressure control, is less well understood. In a recent study, the researchers used data […]
Just – Evotec Biologics to Collaborate With Ology Bioservices on Antibodies Against Coronavirus
Evotec SE, a drug discovery alliance and development partnership company focused on innovative product approaches with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, announced that its Seattle-based subsidiary Just – Evotec Biologics, Inc. has entered into a partnership with UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Ology Bioservices, Inc., a biologics contract development and […]