University Of Florida Researcher Who Invented Gatorade Dies At 80
Dec 15th 2007Drug InformationSports Medicine / Fitness
On a sadder note for the University of Florida, J. Robert Cade, the UF researcher who invented the sports drink Gatorade and launched a multibillion-dollar industry that helped turn the school into a tech transfer powerhouse, died last week of kidney failure. He was 80. Cade and his colleagues created the sports drink in 1965 to help the school’s football players replace carbohydrates and electrolytes lost through sweat while playing in swamp-like heat. [click link for full article]
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