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SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Licensed by Oragenics From the NIH Demonstrates Protective Immunity in Mice

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, announces that the stabilized pre-fusion spike protein CoV-2 S-2P created by the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) and licensed by the Company demonstrates protective immunity in immunized mice challenged with mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Century 22 Solutions Announces New Board of Advisors Member

UF Innovate | The Hub resident company Century 22 Solutions LLC (C22), a technology services and solutions company providing integration, UAV, R&D, and soft diplomacy services to government and commercial clients, announces the appointment of Robert W. Tillson to its Board of Advisors.

New Resident Client at Sid Martin Biotech to Pave Way for Post-COVID Therapy, Regenerative Medicine Research

The inflammation COVID-19 patients suffer during and post-COVID-19 infection (AKA “Post-COVID Syndrome”) will be one of many focuses of a new resident client that recently joined the UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech, the world-recognized leader in biotechnology incubation. Neobiosis, which produces regenerative tissues, cells, and extracellular vesicles for research and clinical trials to help the body heal itself—without surgery—will operate a laboratory at the biotech center, located in Alachua.

Pear, etectRx To Explore Use of Sensors To Help Patients Stick With Digital Therapeutics

Pear Therapeutics is teaming up with UF Innovate | The Hub startup etectRx in a “first of its kind” collaboration examining the use of digital pill solutions with prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs), the latter company announced. As part of the agreement, whose financial terms were not disclosed, the companies will work on developing up to two central nervous system product candidates combining PDTs and adherence sensors.

Pandemic a Boon for Area’s Biotech Industry

While industries like airlines, hospitality and retail struggled much of 2020, one local sector took off during the COVID-19 pandemic. Alachua’s biotechnology industry, anchored by startups mostly contained in one section of town off U.S. 441, contributed more than $1 billion to the local economy last year, aided in part by the University of Florida’s […]

GrowFL Features Admiral in Florida Companies to Watch

UF Innovate | The Hub startup Admiral is a 2020 GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch honoree. In Inside GrowFL’s December edition, you’ll find an interview with Dan Rua, Admiral CEO, titled “Admiral: On a Mission to Help Websites Build Relationships.” In it, Dan talks about his company’s mission to help websites build relationships. The startup […]

The Hub’s Century 22 Solutions Announces New Board of Advisors Member

UF Innovate | The Hub resident client Century 22 Solutions LLC, a technology services and solutions company that provides integration, UAV, R&D, and soft diplomacy services to government and commercial clients, formally announced the appointment of Michael Chung to its Board of Advisors. Mr. Chung is Century 22 Solutions’ (C22’s) Board of Advisors’ inaugural member. […]