Gut Bacteria Molecule Boosts Lung Cancer Treatment Response (UF Health)
UF researchers have discovered a small compound produced naturally by gut bacteria that doubled the response to lung cancer immunotherapy treatment in mice and can now be made into a drug for testing in humans.
UF Health Cancer Center Researchers Receive UF Invention of the Year Awards
The UF Health Cancer Center team of Christian Jobin, Ph.D., and Rachel Newsome was honored with an Invention of the Year award from UF Innovate for their work identifying gut biome bacteria that can make lung cancer tumors responsive to immunotherapy treatment.