This study is measuring the success of the system within specific service delivery areas. By examining what happens when specific genes are lacking, we hope to be able to solve many unanswered questions about cancer. In diabetes, islet cells that produce insulin are destroyed by the patient's own immune system. Islet cell transplantation attempts to give back these insulin-producing cells in an effort to reverse the diabetes. This advance could move islet cell transplantation out of the experimental arena and into clinical practice sooner, rather than later.
Award winners receive commemorative plaques and funding to further their research.
This year's recipients for the award include 13 researchers in five areas. The 13 award winners were selected by a committee of preeminent health care professionals and scientists chaired by Gerard Kaiser, M.D., senior associate dean of clinical affairs at the School of Medicine. Everyone did agree, however, that a future medical school should be located in a city with a large population base and at an established hospital that could be converted into a teaching hospital. Although this requirement made Miami a strong candidate due to its size and the fact that Jackson Memorial was the state's largest hospital, not many people took the city's candidacy seriously. Many state political leaders favored the University of Florida as the location of choice.