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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Florida Newsletter for 2024-12-28 ( 3 items )  
MALDEF AND SPACE COAST CREDIT UNION RESOLVE LAWSUIT (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release: A recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) who challenged the denial of services by a Florida credit union has reached a confidential resolution with the company. The 2024 lawsuit challenging the policies of Space Coast Credit Union was filed by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) and Orlando-based Symphorien-Saavedra Law on behalf of Jose R more PR

UM Miller School of Medicine: A Promising Gene Therapy for Older Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (10)
MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: A new gene therapy, ELEVIDYS, has been approved to treat older Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients. UHealth--University of Miami Health System and Holtz Children's Hospital physicians are playing a major role in getting them access. The therapy delivers a functional micro-gene to muscle cells, potentially arresting DMD progression and, in some cases, possibly reversing it.  more PR

UM Miller School of Medicine: What's New in Blood Cancer Research and Treatment? (10)
MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: By Rachel Tompa Mikkael Sekeres, M.D., M.S., remembers his medical school teachers telling the class that 50% of what they were learning would be obsolete in 10 years. They just couldn't predict which 50%. "Where we are now is night and day from where I started in this field," said Dr. Sekeres, who is chief of the Division of Hematology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, par more PR