Baby steps

UF&Shands teams will once again come together to support the annual March of Dimes March for Babies fundraising walk. Each year, more than half a million babies are born prematurely, and more than 120,000 babies are born with serious birth defects. That’s why UF&Shands teams are walking together for stronger, healthier babies. The 2012 Gainesville walk takes place March 24 at Westside Park, 1001 NW 34th St. Sign up and raise money online for March for Babies marchforbabies.org and click “join this team” to get started. Need more info? Email team co-chairs Jennifer Myles at mylesj@shands.ufl.edu, or Fred Hamilton at hamilf@shands.ufl.edu.

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February 2012

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.

Better vision in sight

A new gene therapy method developed by UF researchers has the potential to reverse a common form of blindness.

Leslie Gonzalez Rothi/Photo by Maria Belen Farias

A new chapter

Leslie Gonzalez Rothi recently stepped down as director of the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center she helped found.

Jacob Silvernan, 11, received a kidney transplant at Shands at UF in 2009./Photo by Maria Belen Farias

A little miracle

An E. Coli infection almost killed Jacob Silverman when he was in kindergarten. A kidney transplant at Shands at UF changed his life.

The College of Nursing Fall Pinning Ceremony/Photo by Maria Belen Farias

Pin of honor

The College of Nursing Pinning Ceremony follows a rich tradition.

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