Media Coverage of Study Finding COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Sparks Immune Response to Fight Cancer
On Oct. 22 in the journal Nature, MBI researchers published a study finding that patients with advanced lung or skin cancer who received a COVID-19 mRNA…
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Gut bacteria molecule boosts lung cancer treatment response
January 5, 2026
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF Health Cancer Institute researchers have discovered a small compound produced naturally by gut bacteria that doubled the response to…
UF Health Cancer Institute, +1 more
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Study finds COVID-19 mRNA vaccine sparks immune response to fight cancer
October 22, 2025
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Patients with advanced lung or skin cancer who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy drugs lived…
Clinical and Translational Science Institute, College of Medicine, McKnight Brain Institute, +1 more
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Scientists discover new target in potential pancreatic cancer treatment
September 23, 2025
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Health scientists helped find a promising new way to attack and kill pancreatic cancer cells by identifying an…
AI at UF, Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, +4 more
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UF Health to house mathematical BioModels database
September 22, 2025
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — BioModels, an open-access database used by scientific researchers to share their mathematical models with other scientists, is crossing the…
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Study details how cells power down to overcome viral attack
August 6, 2025
JUPITER, Fla. — Cells have evolved ingenious ways to defend themselves from viral attack. A recent study from The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute sheds light on…
UF Health Cancer Institute, +2 more
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Surprising finding could pave way for universal cancer vaccine
July 18, 2025
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An experimental mRNA vaccine boosted the tumor-fighting effects of immunotherapy in a mouse-model study, bringing researchers one step…
College of Medicine, McKnight Brain Institute, UF Health Cancer Institute, +2 more
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Innovative Incisions: At UF Health, Precision Medicine and AI Advance Transplantation
When it comes to transplant quality, the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients has consistently evaluated UF Health Shands Hospital as a top destination…
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Purpose Beyond a Cure: Advancing Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment
Emilie Lynch has passed the 5-year milestone that doctors consider a yardstick for being cured of Hodgkin lymphoma not once but three times. Today, she…
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UF Health researchers propose an update to Type 1 diabetes staging system
December 3, 2024
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The understanding of Type 1 diabetes races forward, propelled by Big Data, technological advances, and the urgent hopes of millions…
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