UF Startup

Virtual Humans Boost Mental Health Recovery

Benjamin Lok, a professor in the computer and information science and engineering department at the University of Florida, has been studying applications...

Morphogenesis, Inc. Is Developing a Cell and Gene Therapy Focusing on a Cancer Vaccine Immunotherapy That Uses the Body’s Own Immune System to Kill Solid Tumors

Dr. Patricia Lawman, CEO and co-founder of UF startup Morphogenesis, Inc., a clinical-stage immunotherapy company headquartered in Tampa, talks about the company,...

Startup CEO Discusses Business Growth After Receiving Funding

UF startup Peerfit founder and CEO Ed Buckley gained a lot of traction with his business after receiving investment funding and coaching...

Algernon Pharmaceuticals Announces Russian Athletic Performance Enhancing Drugs Bemethyl (NP-135) and Bromantane (NP-160) Exhibited Potent Anti-Fibrotic Activity in NASH and CKD Studies

Algernon Pharmaceuticals Inc., formerly known as Breathtec, a UF startup, is pleased to report that its lead drugs for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)...

Pheromones Give Nematodes a Boost in Controlling Pests

UF Innovate alumni startup Pheronym, an ag-biotech pest control company that develops and produces nematode pheromones that can be used to direct...

US Biotech Startup Eyes 2020 Avian Necrotic Enteritis Vaccine Launch

Founded in 2015, UF startup Curtiss Healthcare commercialized UF researcher Dr. Roy Curtiss III’s research into orally distributed Salmonella vector vaccines. The...

AGTC Completes Enrollment of Third Group in the Dose Escalation Portion of the Achromatopsia CNGA3 Phase 1/2 Clinical Study

UF startup and UF Innovate│Sid Martin Biotech graduate Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated...