Ochsner Health and BioInfoExperts Complete First Genomic Sequences of COVID-19 From New Orleans
Scientists from UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech startup BioInfoExperts LLC (BIE), a company that provides connected services and technologies related to detecting and monitoring pathogens in communities and the health care industry, and Ochsner Health, have completed the first whole-genome sequences of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus from the New Orleans area. By breaking down the virus to its most […]
Seeing a Hand Sanitizer Shortage, UF Chemistry Has a Solution
The UF Department of Chemistry has found a creative way to use its expertise to help those on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis. With courses currently taking place online, the department has begun using teaching labs — no longer buzzing with students taking part in hands-on learning — to produce hundreds of liters of much-needed […]
UF Health Researchers Join National Study of COVID-19 Impacts on Health Workers, Potential Remedies
A new research program to understand the effect of COVID-19 on health care workers is soon to be underway at University of Florida Health and other sites across the country. A clinical trial to evaluate whether hydroxychloroquine can prevent COVID-19 infections is also being planned. The Healthcare Worker Exposure and Outcomes, or HERO, initiative has two parts — a […]
UF Researcher Talks About Parkinson Disease Information for Patients
More than 6 million people worldwide have Parkinson’s disease. Even though it is classically associated with tremors, the disease has many manifestations and is very treatable for most patients. Michael S. Okun, MD, from the Department of Neurology at the University of Florida, discusses the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Learn […]
Nursing Program Switches to Virtual Education With Shadow Health
The rise of COVID-19 may have caused cancellations across much of the United States, but healthcare professionals never stop treating those in need. The Liberty University School of Nursing hasn’t paused adapting its program to a virtual format while continuing to train the next generation of nurses on the frontline of patient care. As is the case […]
UF Veterinary College’s Efforts Yield Vehicles Loaded With Protective Gear for Front-Line Teams
Before the UF College of Veterinary Medicine was asked by UF Health to donate extra personal protective equipment to health workers responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the college’s leadership team anticipated such a request. “Maybe a month before everything happened, our internal leadership team, led by Dr. Dana Zimmel, our interim dean, had discussed that veterinarians […]
Sid Martin Startup Alchem Awarded $20.7M for Clinical Trials on Potential COVID-19 Therapies
President Trump has pledged to release billions in funding to fight the coronavirus. Now, information from the Federal Procurement Data System shows well over $3.02 billion has been spent to date, almost half of which has come out of the Health and Human Services (HHS) department. UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech startup Alchem Laboratories […]
UF Startup TearClear Appoints Robert J. Dempsey as CEO
UF startup TearClear, a global Ophthalmic Pharmaceutical Company, announced the appointment of Robert J. Dempsey as Chief Executive Officer. TearClear, a resident client at UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech, is the only pharmaceutical company to administer preservative-free eye drops to the ocular surface, that are preserved safely prior to dosing. Dempsey, who has more […]
Oragenics, Inc. Announces Early Top-Line Results of Phase 2 Clinical Trial of AG013 for Oral Mucositis in Chemoradiation Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer
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 that early top-line results of the company’s Phase 2 clinical trial of AG013 in oral mucositis in chemoradiation in head and neck cancer patients […]
Sinclair, Altavian Partner to Use 3-D Technology to Print Masks
UF startup Altavian, a drone maker that supplies the US military, and Sinclair College, a Dayton, Ohio-based community college, have partnered to rapidly produce and freely distribute N95 equivalent masks to front-line medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sinclair and Altavian will work collaboratively to make sure masks are available to local providers and in […]