Vertaeon Launches New Website Showcasing Innovative Risk Analytics Tools
UF Innovate | The Hub resident startup Vertaeon, a software as a service company offering a comprehensive web-based solution for supply chain risk and impact analytics to identify vulnerabilities and related cost/brand impacts for complex supply chains, announced the launch of its newly designed website www.vertaeon.com, showcasing innovative risk analytics tools. The new site features […]
Growers, Researchers Seek Citrus Varieties Resistant to Citrus Greening
UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Services hosted citrus growers, packers, processors, gift-fruit shippers, and others the chance to taste, feel, and smell the latest varieties they’ve bred at their Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred. Guests sampled more than 50 varieties of citrus fruits. They then filled out a survey gauging their […]
RTP Gene Tech Firm Lands Deal Worth Up to $90M for 8 Nervous System Therapies
StrideBio, a life science startup focused on gene-editing technology, has a deal in place with a Massachusetts drug firm that could be worth nearly $90M plus royalties in years to come for rights to as many as eight potential gene-based therapies. Any developed drug would focus on the central nervous system and neuromuscular “targets,” StrideBio […]
Oragenics, Inc. Publishes Peer-Reviewed Study in Journal of Peptide Science
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 (OM), announced the publication of the study titled “Complete synthesis of the bicyclic ring of a mutacin analog with orthogonally protected lanthionine via solid-phase intracyclization” […]
New Hope for Patients Battling Inoperable Cancer
Doctors at Sparrow’s Herbert-Herman Cancer Center in Lansing, Michigan have a new tool to deliver radiation. It’s one of only 12 in the country. UF startup ViewRay, Inc. MRIdian machine allows doctors to attack tumors with precision in real-time, giving patients with inoperable cancers new hope. ViewRay, Inc. is a leading medical technology company that provides groundbreaking MRI-guided radiation therapy. […]
Lung Cancer Research Foundation Announces 2019 Scientific Research Grant Program Awards
The Lung Cancer Research Foundation® (LCRF) announced the awardees of its 2019 Scientific Grant Program. Through this program, LCRF awarded $2.6 million dollars in research grants to 12 investigators whose projects focus on basic, translational, clinical, health services and epidemiological research. In addition to its annual pilot grants, for the first time, LCRF awarded research […]
Arranta Bio Announces the Acquisition of Captozyme™, Creating a Center of Excellence for Microbiome Development and Clinical Supply
Arranta Bio, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced the acquisition of UF Innovate alumni startup Captozyme™, a leader in health care for and through the gut using novel enzymes and live biotherapeutics. With the acquisition, Arranta Bio will establish its Center of Excellence for process and analytical development and early clinical supply for […]
University of Florida Health Researchers Gain New Insight Into Muscular Dystrophy Gene
University of Florida Health researchers are gaining new insights into cells linked to a genetic mutation that causes a type of muscular dystrophy. Using genome editing, the researchers developed mice that replicate the developmental timing of a dysfunctional gene that causes myotonic dystrophy type 1, or DM1. They then showed that two types of cells […]
University of Florida Scientists Advance Citrus Greening Research Efforts
Citrus greening, a devastating disease, has reduced Florida citrus production by 70 percent, according to most accounts. Efforts to develop disease control methods have been stymied because scientists have been unable to culture and experimentally manipulate the causal bacterial pathogen, Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. To facilitate the scientific community’s ability to use L. crescens in citrus […]
Pheronym-Treated Nematodes Three Times More Effective in Attacking Agricultural Pests
UF Innovate alumni startup Pheronym, an ag-biotech pest control company, announced the results of a second peer-reviewed study demonstrating the efficacy of their patented Nemastim™ pheromone extract for bioremediation of agricultural pests. In a joint study with the USDA and the University of Idaho, nematodes treated with pheromone extracts increased their effectiveness in invading host […]