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Novel compound opens new avenue in immunotherapy treatment for cancers
February 9, 2024
A team of UF Health Cancer Center researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind compound that could open a new avenue for using immunotherapy to treat various…
College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, UF Health Cancer Center, +2 more
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UF researchers find link between asthma and cancer risk
April 11, 2023
Patients with asthma are almost one-and-a-half times more likely to develop cancer than those who don’t have the respiratory disease, a new University of…
AI at UF, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, UF Health Cancer Center, +2 more
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Seeds of Hope: UF Health now using precision radiation procedure for eye cancer
September 8, 2021
For patients with eye cancer, University of Florida Health ophthalmology specialist Gibran S. Khurshid, M.D., is sowing seeds of hope. In Khurshid’s case,…
Department of Ophthalmology, +4 more
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UF study offers more evidence that DEET is a safe way to ward off mosquitoes
May 26, 2020
Summer is back, with warmer temperatures, longer days and … mosquitoes. When mosquitoes feast on humans, they can leave more than irritating bites behind. They…
Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, +4 more
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UF researchers discover new use of stem cells that could clear path for immunotherapy in brain cancer
October 17, 2018
University of Florida Health brain cancer researchers have discovered a new use of stem cells that could clear a revolutionary pathway to making immunotherapy…
Department of Neurosurgery, +5 more
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Immunotherapy for Brain Cancer
April 29, 2016
Each year, more than 200,000 people in the United States receive the chilling diagnosis of a primary or metastatic brain tumor. The sheer number of these cases…
Department of Neurosurgery, +2 more
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Climbing for Dad
September 17, 2015
Siblings Amy and Chris Bucciarelli took to Africa’s highest peak to honor their father, Dr. Richard Bucciarelli, and raise money to help cancer patients. They…
Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, +6 more
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UF Health researchers use immunotherapy to treat malignant brain tumors
July 8, 2015
When pediatric patients with brain cancer receive conventional treatment for their disease, they often are given an infusion of stem cells that create blood…
Department of Neurosurgery, +4 more
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UF patient first to receive combination chemotherapy to treat rare jaw tumor
February 11, 2015
A University of Florida Health patient has become the first person to receive a combination of oral therapies targeted to a specific gene mutation that has…
UF Health Cancer Center, +2 more
