Elias Sayour, M.D. Ph.D.
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Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist (Child Cancer Specialist)
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Igniting Immunity: Elias Sayour’s Patients Inspire Pioneering mRNA Cancer Vaccine Research
The look in her eyes and her next words would be etched forever in the mind of Elias Sayour, MD, PhD. Months earlier, the girl’s right leg was amputated, the…
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…
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
Quicker reviews, designated funding is speeding COVID-19 research efforts at UF Health
May 14, 2020
University of Florida Health researcher Mark Brantly, M.D., and his team are working to evaluate a drug treatment for the novel coronavirus that might block…
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Department of Pediatrics, +5 more
UF brain tumor researcher embarks on first-in-human clinical trial of novel immunotherapy vaccine
March 30, 2020
UF Health pediatric oncologist Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D., has received a $2.5 million grant from the pediatric cancer foundation CureSearch for Children’s…
Department of Neurosurgery, +7 more
