After being diagnosed with dystonia at the age of 12, Austin underwent deep brain stimulation, or DBS, at the UF Health Fixel Institute, a pioneering provider for DBS treatment. Now 24, Austin’s dystonia is controlled, and he lives a fulfilling and active life.| Inspiring Innovation » UF Health » University of Florida
UF Health pediatric oncologist Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D., led a research team that developed an experimental mRNA vaccine that boosted the tumor-fighting effects of immunotherapy in a mouse-model study.| innovation.ufhealth.org
Delivering broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1 to newborns via gene therapy provided them with multi-year protection from HIV/AIDS infection, according to an animal study led by scientists at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute.| innovation.ufhealth.org
UF Health Shands Hospital is ranked among the nation’s top 50 hospitals in seven adult specialties, including neurology and neurosurgery, making it one of Florida’s leading medical providers.| innovation.ufhealth.org
When Steve’s advanced prostate cancer stopped responding to standard treatment, he was told he had 18 months to live. Everything changed when UF Health doctors offered him a new treatment.| Inspiring Innovation » UF Health » University of Florida
According to the latest SRTR ratings, choosing UF Health for a liver transplant gives patients the best overall outcomes in the U.S. In addition, UF Health’s lung transplant program is the highest rated in Florida and one of the top four programs in the nation.| innovation.ufhealth.org
A potential treatment for glioblastoma crafted by scientists at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute renders the deadly brain cancer newly sensitive to both radiation and chemotherapy drugs, and blocks the cancer’s ability to invade other tissue, a study shows.| innovation.ufhealth.org