University of Florida Health Researchers Find “Switch” That Lets Common, Cancer-Causing Virus Replicate
Many viruses are master manipulators, hijacking cellular functions to propagate, spread and avoid elimination by their hosts’ immune system. Now, University of Florida researcher Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh, M.D., Ph.D., has discovered how the common, cancer-causing Epstein-Barr virus does just that by using a complex of proteins to emerge from a dormant state and begin replicating. The […]
Admiral Offers Free CCPA Solution for Local Media Consortium (LMC) Members
As part of an ongoing partnership with the Local Media Consortium, UF Innovate | The Hub resident company Admiral, a pioneering innovator in AdBlock recovery and digital subscriptions, is offering free use of its CCPA management tool in 2020 for all 90 LMC publishers and their 3,300+ sites. An update to its Privacy & Consent […]
UF Health Researchers on Team Studying Possible Viral Link With Type 1 Diabetes
A prolonged infection by a common virus might sometimes trigger the immune system attack on the pancreas that ultimately leads to Type 1 diabetes. The finding from The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young, or TEDDY, study was recently published in the journal Nature Medicine by a team of scientists that includes Desmond Schatz, […]
Jeff Vinik, San Francisco Investors Up Their Stakes in Peerfit
UF startup Peerfit, a Tampa-based digital health company, has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik and Virgo Investment Group, a San Francisco-based investment firm. Vinik and Virgo, who had each led previously funding rounds for Peerfit, were joined by other existing shareholders in the latest round, […]
Robert Amdur, MD, Named Editor in Chief of Practical Radiation Oncology
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced that Robert Amdur, MD, will become the new Editor in Chief of Practical Radiation Oncology, ASTRO’s clinical practice journal. Dr. Amdur, a professor of radiation oncology at the University of Florida College of Medicine, will begin his five-year term on January 1, 2021. Dr. Amdur has been […]
Feathr Soars Into 2020 With $11 Million Investment Boost
UF Innovate | The Hub graduate Feathr, a Gainesville-based marketing technology provider, announced it has closed a Series B financing totaling more than $11 million led by Atlanta-based growth equity firm Fulcrum Equity Partners. The deal also included the participation from several existing investors: Freeman Digital Ventures, Florida Gulfshore Capital, and Florida Opportunity Fund (managed […]
RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc.® Announces Sale of OEM Business and Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Revenues
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc., a global surgical implant company, announced a definitive agreement for the sale of the company’s OEM business to Montagu Private Equity LLP, a leading European private equity firm, for a total consideration of $490 million. The transaction is targeted to close in the first […]
US Biologic/Caes Report Field Trials of Orally Delivered Anti-Lyme Vaccine Targeting the Field Mouse
Florida homeowners have some relief from pests which makes it perfect to shop for a pest control service, according to University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) experts. “Florida’s pest pressure tends to be higher due to multiple factors including our climate, rainfall and more,” Faith Oi, UF/IFAS Extension entomology and nematology […]
Ed Buckley, Chairman and CEO of Peerfit, on Fitt Insider
UF startup Peerfit Chairman and CEO, Ed Buckley, shares with Joe Vennare, host of Fitt Insider, a weekly newsletter and podcast about the business of fitness and wellness, on pioneering the concept of “fully-funded fitness”, building the billion-dollar bridge between fitness and healthcare, and what the significance of the name, “Peerfit”. Peerfit promotes corporate wellness […]
Scientists Now Find Curcumin Is a Strong Inflammation-Fighting Weapon
While it is true that the human body can’t live without inflammation, it can’t also be denied that too much of it can be hazardous to health. Mansour Mohamadzadeh, Ph.D., director of the Center for Inflammation and Mucosal Immunology at the University of Florida, says that in a healthy situation, inflammation serves as a good friend […]