Using gene transfer techniques pioneered by University of Florida faculty, Taiwanese doctors have restored some movement in four children bedridden with a rare, life-threatening neurological disease. The first-in-humans achievement may also be helpful for more common diseases such as Parkinson’s that involve nerve cell damage caused by lack of a crucial molecule in brain tissue. [...]

University of Florida researchers teamed with colleagues at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Calif., to devise a new combination therapy that reverses established Type 1 diabetes in mice. The findings, which appear today (May 9) in the journal Science Translational Medicine, set the stage for the development of a new human therapy [...]

With the support of a Major League Baseball star, a new University of Florida research center on an island settled by the Vikings could lead to breakthroughs about a rare genetic disorder and potentially change the course of care for high blood pressure and other common conditions. UF College of Medicine researchers studying a genetic [...]

Kirstan K. Meldrum, M.D., has joined the University of Florida College of Medicine department of urology as chief of pediatric urology. A board-certified pediatric urologist, Meldrum will provide the community with comprehensive pediatric urological care, a medical specialty more commonly found in large cities and previously unavailable in north central Florida. Pediatric urologists care for [...]

Dance Marathon at the University of Florida representatives will present a $886,726 check to Children’s Miracle Network at Shands Hospital for Children at 3 p.m. on Friday. Dance Marathon at UF is a year-round fundraising organization whose year culminates in the annual 26.2 hour Dance Marathon event. The funds are raised throughout the entire year [...]

UF&Shands, the University of Florida Academic Health Center, has reactivated its adult and pediatric liver transplant programs and can resume performing liver transplants immediately, officials said today. The United Network for Organ Sharing approved the reactivation on Friday, April 20. UNOS is the private, nonprofit organization that manages the nation’s organ transplant system and the [...]

Longtime professor and prolific neonatology researcher Mark L. Hudak, M.D., is the new chair of the pediatrics department at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville. The pediatrics department is the largest within the UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville and has specialty clinics and pediatric centers across Northeast Florida. “The University of Florida College of Medicine–Jacksonville [...]

Joining a gym to log in hours on the elliptical or hiring a nutritionist for guidance are good ideas to shed pounds but typically too pricey for people with low incomes, as are many programs geared toward boosting wellness. To address that issue, University of Florida researchers have received a $9.9 million grant from the [...]

Social networking is not just about fun and games. It’s also key to patient safety and effective medical practice. No, not Facebook or Twitter, but communication among different types of medical professionals involved in getting patients quickly into care once they show up at the hospital. UF biochemistry major Anas Dalloul and colleagues in the [...]