UF Health Researcher Helps Show Hormone Can Reverse Inflammation From Fatty Liver Disease
Pushed by the obesity epidemic, a rising number of Americans are being diagnosed with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition that can lead to liver inflammation and cirrhosis. It is now the leading cause of liver transplantation in the United States.
Eye Exam Could Lead to Early Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis
A simple eye exam combined with powerful artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning technology could provide early detection of Parkinson's disease.
Decision-Support Tool Using HiperGator May Help Manage Devastating Avocado Disease
UF/IFAS researchers are working on a decision-support app to help policymakers and growers decide the best regional treatment options for laurel wilt... Read More
Lacerta Therapeutics Strengthens Its Position in the AAV Gene Therapy Space With New Leadership
UF startup and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech alum Lacerta Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company, announced new leadership. Dr. Edgar... Read More
University of Florida Researcher Creates Innovative Training Platform That Makes Cyberspace a Safer Place
It teaches how to identify and fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities in hardware and software Dr. Mark Tehranipoor and his team at UF’s Florida... Read More
National Effort to Hasten Treatments for Those With Pancreatic Cancer Enrolling Patients at UF Health
A novel clinical trial platform that aims to accelerate treatment discoveries for people battling pancreatic cancer is now enrolling patients at 15 sites... Read More
Genome Sequencing and Other UF Research
Michael Rogers discusses the importance of the recent sequencing of the trifoliate orange genome by University of Florida Institute of Food and... Read More
Engineering Professor Uses AI to Study the Brain
Ruogu Fang, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department, has used machine learning to understand, capitalize and model different aspects... Read More
Therapeutics Company Announces Exclusive Licensing Agreements for Hearing Loss Gene Therapy Technology Developed by UF Researcher
Decibel Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel restorative gene therapeutics to treat hearing loss and balance disorders, has announced exclusive license... Read More
University of Florida Tackles COVID-19 With High-Tech Devices
When COVID-19 shut down the country in the spring, some of the brightest engineering minds at the University of Florida’s Warren B.... Read More
