UF Nursing Researchers Provide Parents CHOICES for Reproductive Health
Two University of Florida College of Nursing researchers earned a four-year $3 million grant to support a large national study to test the effect of a web-based educational tool that aims to help young adults understand sickle cell disease — or even prevent it from being inherited.
The V Foundation Announces Renewed Research Support for UF’s Dr. Duane Mitchell
During the 16th annual Dick Vitale Gala, the V Foundation for Cancer Research announced that Duane Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D., director of the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute, assistant vice president for research at UF and co-leader of the UF Health Cancer Center’s Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response research program, will receive additional support for his research on brain cancer in children.
UF College of Medicine Announces Clinical Science and Basic Science Faculty Research Awards
Michael Okun, MD, and Jiang Bian, Ph.D., were recently announced as the winners of the 2021 College of Medicine Clinical Science Research Award and the UF College of Medicine Basic Science Research Award, respectively.
UF Anticancer Drug Receives FDA Clearance for Clinical Trials
An anticancer drug developed by researchers from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy has become the first drug of its kind allowed to proceed to clinical trial by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
UF Researchers Discover Marine Natural Product off Florida’s Coast That Could Help Fight Cancer
University of Florida researchers have discovered a novel marine natural product that binds to a new site of tubulin, an important target for cancer drugs.
UF Health Virtual Human Intervention Allows for Colorectal Cancer Screening From Home
A new University of Florida Health intervention gives patients who qualify access to colorectal cancer screening information and tests from the comfort of their own homes.
National Effort to Hasten Treatments for Those With Pancreatic Cancer Enrolling Patients at UF Health
A novel clinical trial platform that aims to accelerate treatment discoveries for people battling pancreatic cancer is now enrolling patients at 15 sites... Read More
Dr. Chengguo Xing’s Kava Clinical Study Makes the Cover of Cancer Prevention Research
Kava’s reputation in preventing cancer just received a boost from the American Association for Cancer Research. The May 2020 cover of the... Read More
UF Researchers Discover Breakthrough Anticancer Drug
Researchers from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy have discovered a safer and more effective anticancer drug to target leukemia, lymphoma,... Read More
UF Researchers Find Gene Mutation Involved in Cancer Progression
University of Florida researchers have found mutation hot spots in a unique class of proteins that could drive cancer progression. “There are... Read More
