William W. Hauswirth, Ph.D. and Alfred S. Lewin, Ph.D.

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A new gene therapy method developed by University of Florida researchers, William W. Hauswirth, Ph.D. and Alfred S. Lewin, Ph.D., has the potential to reverse a common form of blindness that strikes young children. The technique works by replacing a malfunctioning gene in the eye with a working copy that supplies a protein needed for light-sensitive cells in the eye to function. The findings are published Monday, Jan. 23 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences online. Several complex and costly steps remain before the gene therapy technique can be used in humans, but once at that stage, it could have great potential to change lives. (Photo by Jesse Jones/University of Florida)

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Cohn

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Zhengui Zheng, Ph.D., and Martin Cohn, Ph.D., of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the department of molecular genetics and microbiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine, study the molecular genetics of limb development. Recently they have focused on what influences finger proportions. (Photo by Maria Farias/University of Florida)

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UF Health Science Center and Shands at UF aerials

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Shands Medical Plaza, Davis Cancer Center, Emerging Pathogens Institute and Cancer Genetics Research Center. Photo by Jesse Jones/University of Florida

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Thomas Caskey

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Thomas Caskey, M.D., the leading internist in the field of genetics

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Connie Mulligan

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Connie J. Mulligan, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Florida and associate director of the UF Genetics Institute

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Grant McFadden, Ph.D.

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Grant McFadden, Ph.D., virologist and a member of the UF Genetics Institute (Photo by: HSC News & Communication)

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Richard Snyder, Ph.D.

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Richard Snyder, Ph.D., an associate professor of molecular genetics and microbiology in the UF College of Medicine and director of UF’s Center for Excellence for Regenerative Health Biotechnology (Photo By Czerne Reid/University of Florida)

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Roland Herzog

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Roland Herzog, associate professor of pediatrics, molecular genetics and microbiology in the UF College of Medicine and a member of the UF Genetics Institute

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• Harnessing the power of plants to fight hemophilia

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Leonid Moroz

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Leonid Moroz, a professor of neuroscience and zoology at the University of Florida Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, has found that gene sequences in a simple marine snail called “Aplysia” have a lot to say about the human brain and neurological disease. Photo by: Sarah Kiewel/University of Florida

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