Gene therapy could become safer and more effective by calming the inflammation that occurs when the treatment is administered, University of Florida Health researchers have found.
The company was created by ocular gene therapy pioneers Dr. Shannon Boye and Associate Scientist Sanford Boye, who also run the Shannon E. Boye Laboratory in the UF College of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics. The lab creates technology aimed at restoring retinal function and visually-guided behavior, as well as preserving…
Josef Neu, M.D., Professor and Co-Director of the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program, was honored with the Avroy Fanaroff Neonatal Education Award at the 2023 American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting due to his career achievements, including 30 years as a fellowship program director.
In this Tech Tuesday for WCJB TV20, UF Innovate’s Melanie Morón interviews Dr. Arun Srivastava from the University of Florida’s College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics who introduces us to a virus — the adeno-associated virus or AAV — that cures rather than infects. AAV has cured nine…
brandon zielinski md phd associate professor Addressing autism spectrum disorder.UF neuroscientists are studying autism in new ways, from Padilla-Coreano’s research to that of pediatric neurologist Brandon Zielinski, MD, PhD, who uses MRI to analyze the structure and function of brain networks as they develop. Zielinski investigates whether there is a developmental trajectory difference…
Dr. Michael Haller highlights screening for type 1 diabetes in the primary care setting…
New, early findings by University of Florida Health researchers show how the Epstein-Barr virus’s advance could be thwarted.
When selecting an Innovator of the Year, UF Innovate considers a researcher’s body of work and selects one who has made significant scientific contributions that have been licensed and taken to the marketplace, sometimes by the researcher launching a startup based on the discoveries. Dr. Shannon Boye is this year’s…
https://youtu.be/zi2xkgU6OIc?si=Bp1c4Pj3Vb9amEG3&t=120 Each of the six licensing teams chooses one Invention of the Year. Out of the 300 technologies disclosed in fiscal year 2023, licensing officers select one within their portfolio that stands out to them as having great potential. The inventions selected this year range from next-generation gene vectors to…
In this week’s Tech Tuesday, we meet Dr. Shannon Boye, a researcher at the University of Florida, who is working to use gene therapy to restore or improve vision for people with genetic disorders causing poor eyesight or even blindness.
