Make Daily Meditation Your New Year’s Resolution
Sherry Benton, Ph.D., co-founder of UF startup TAO Connect, an online therapy program developed to address matters related to depression, anxiety, and other issues, shares tips on how to make meditation a part of your daily routine in Psychology Today magazine. Meditation can lower blood pressure, reduce stress, manage anxiety levels, improve attention span, improve […]
MDA Awards Venture Philanthropy Funding of More Than $1M to AavantiBio to Develop Gene-Targeting Therapy for Friedreich’s Ataxia
The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and UF Innovate | The Hub resident client AavantiBio, a biotechnology company developing a gene-targeting therapy for Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA), announced the award of MDA Venture Philanthropy (MVP) funding totaling $1,076,232 to advance AavantiBio’s phase 2 clinical trial of a gene-replacement therapy for the disease. MVP is MDA’s drug development […]
Gainesville, FL, Ranked in Top 10 College Towns to Start a Business
Lafayette, IN, Columbia, MO, and East Lansing, MI, are the US’ top three college towns for starting a business, a new study from TollFreeForwarding has revealed. Gainesville is ranked as number seven, with business tax rates across all towns reviewed. Drawing on existing data, the research combined six factors tailored to the needs of those […]
AGTC Reports Positive Six-Month Data From Its Ongoing Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial in X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare diseases, reported positive interim six-month data from its ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical program in X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP). The results show that […]
UF Researchers Develop Easy Tool to Predict Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke
A new assessment tool can predict users’ 10-year risk of heart attack or stroke with just a few patient-inputted responses, no lab tests required. Developed by University of Florida researchers, the EZ-CVD calculates a person’s risk score based on six questions on sex, age, current smoking status, diagnosis of diabetes or high blood pressure, and […]
New Imaging Study Shows Key Brain Changes in Aging, Alzheimer’s
A new collaborative study led by McKnight Brain Institute neuroscientists Sara Burke, Ph.D., and Marcelo Febo, Ph.D., gives insight into why brain networks become vulnerable in old age and in neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease. The rodent-model study, published in the journal eNeuro, links micro-scale changes in individual brain cells to large-scale changes in […]
Cannabix Technologies Improves Performance of Faims Marijuana Breathalyzer – CNN Coverage
UF startup Cannabix Technologies, Inc., developer of marijuana breathalyzer devices for law enforcement and the workplace, reports that engineers have developed and deployed new ion optics methods that have resulted in a 6 times increase in analyte signal, which has increased the sensitivity in the company’s FAIMS (field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry) ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) detection […]
Specifying Irrigation Needs for Container-Grown Plants
A study at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences examined the efficiency of irrigation schedules used for container-grown plants to determine if they could be improved with specific daily adjustments. Jeff Million and Tom Yeager conducted two experiments to monitor the effect of irrigation schedules on plant growth and water usage. […]
Cancer Research Company in Tampa Nears Breakthrough
A scientist on the verge of a breakthrough in the war on cancer is quietly working away with a team of researchers in a laboratory in the heart of Uptown Tampa’s innovation district. UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Morphogenesis, Inc., a clinical-stage company developing novel cell and gene therapies, is […]
Oxidien Pharmaceuticals to Present at Biotech Showcase™ 2020 in San Francisco
UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Oxidien Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a best-in-class enzyme therapeutic for an unmet kidney disease indication, announced that it will present at Biotech Showcase™ 2020, to be held January 13–15 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, in parallel with the 38th annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. […]