Study Finds COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Sparks Immune Response To Fight Cancer (UF Health)
A team led by UF researchers Elias Sayour and Christiano Marconi discovered that cancer patients who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting an immunotherapy treatment for advanced forms of lung cancer or melanoma lived significantly longer than those who didn’t get the vaccine.
Eat Better, Breathe Easier? Research Points To Link Between Diet, Lung Cancer
UF researchers have found that poor diet may influence lung cancer risk, challenging traditional views on diet-related diseases.
First Patient Enrolled in Phase I Program in STK11 Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer at Moffitt Cancer Center
Panbela Therapeutics, Inc., formerly Sun Biopharma, a UF startup, announced the first patient enrolled in a Phase I dose-escalation study to evaluate CPP-1X-S (eflornithine sachets) in STK11 mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).