UF Inventors

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...

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...

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...

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...

INmune Bio, Inc. Announces Data on Its Lead Compound Which Highlights the Potential to Lower the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease in Obese Individuals

INmune Bio, Inc., an immunology company developing treatments that harness the patient’s innate immune system to fight disease, announced the publication of...

Exotic New Crop Could Put Florida on World Spice Map

Vanilla has an undeserved reputation for being blah, as in plain vanilla, the flavor for people who consider chocolate too daring. The...

First-of-Its-Kind Clinical Study Initiated to Investigate Potential Benefits of Nicotinamide Riboside Combined With Exercise in Older Adults With Hypertension

ChromaDex Corp., the global scientific authority on nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and nicotinamide riboside (NR) science, announced the initiation of a first-of-its-kind...