Cannabix’s MSBS Marijuana Breathalyzer Technology Advances Quantification of THC in Breath
UF startup Cannabix Technologies Inc., developer of marijuana and alcohol breath testing devices, reported its Mass Spectrometer Breath Sampler technology along with the Breath Collection Unit have been used to quantify delta-9 THC levels from smoking and edibles in humans.
Capsida Biotherapeutics Enters Strategic Collaboration With Kate Therapeutics to Manufacture KateTx’s Next-Generation Gene Therapies
Capsida Biotherapeutics Inc. and UF startup Kate Therapeutics announced a strategic partnership to leverage Capsida's expertise and adeno-associated virus (AAV) manufacturing capabilities to enable KateTx's initial internal portfolio of muscle and heart disease programs.
UF Health Researchers Developing AI System Aimed at Improving Kidney Transplant Outcomes
For people needing a kidney transplant, there has long been a sobering reality: The demand for usable organs falls well short of the supply. Now, University of Florida Health researchers and their colleagues are deploying artificial intelligence to help improve transplant outcomes.
UF Researchers’ Genetic Detection Discovery Has Implications for Medical Diagnostic Testing
University of Florida researchers have found a new use for “genetic scissors” to detect RNA, a discovery that could lead to faster, more accurate and less expensive diagnostic tests for a host of diseases.
Exercise-Mimicking Drug Sheds Weight, Boosts Muscle Activity in Mice
A brand-new kind of drug, tested in mice, shows promising new results that could lead to the development of a new weight-loss drug that mimics exercise.
New Drug May Help Lose Weight, Reduce Fat By Mimicking Exercise
In new research, published in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, a UF researcher demonstrated how a substance called SLU-PP-332 acts like a switch that turns on certain beneficial processes in the body, much like what happens when we exercise.
Tech Tuesday: OneSixOne Ventures
In today’s Tech Tuesday, Justis Mendez, co-founder of OneSixOne Ventures, tells host Melanie Morón about an event that aims to highlight the tech ecosystem in the greater Gainesville area and connect the larger southeast region of Florida and beyond to the tech innovation and investing that’s happening here.
UF/IFAS Scientists Seek To Lure Mosquitoes, Build Better Surveillance System for Southeast Region With USDA-NIFA Grant
Mosquitoes’ sense of smell tells them when humans and wildlife are in biting distance, according to science. Over time, scientists have learned which types of scents and fragrances can lure mosquitoes best.
Over the next two years, a team of researchers from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) will develop a low-cost mosquito trap to lure mosquitoes and create a web-based dashboard to improve surveillance across the southeast United States.
Fresh off Raising $150M, Durham Gene Therapy Startup Kriya Acquires Spain-Based Company
Kriya Therapeutics Inc., with dual headquarters in Durham and Palo Alto, Calif., has acquired a gene therapy startup that Kriya says will align with its approach to treating metabolic disease.
Tech Tuesday: CIED
In this Tech Tuesday, host Melanie Morón meets with Laurence Andrews, who leads Santa Fe College's CIED, a business incubator in the newly constructed Blount Hall. CIED is hosting the first-ever PS27 Veteran Founders Forum on November 2, an all-day event to benefit veterans and those in active military service who want to start their own businesses.
