Thomas George named interim director of UF Health Cancer Institute

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thomas George, M.D., FACP, FASCO, an accomplished gastrointestinal medical oncologist and nationally known expert in clinical research, has…

UF Health Cancer Center is now an institute

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida has conferred the prestigious title of institute to the University of Florida Health Cancer Center, a reflection…

Study finds hidden blood mutations spark obesity, diabetes and liver disease

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF Health Cancer Center researchers have found a surprising culprit behind common health problems like obesity, diabetes and fatty liver…

Study finds most cancer patients exposed to misinformation; UF researchers pilot 'information prescription'

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Ninety-three percent of patients with a new cancer diagnosis were exposed to at least one type of misinformation about cancer treatments, a…

Scientists discover new target in potential pancreatic cancer treatment

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Health scientists helped find a promising new way to attack and kill pancreatic cancer cells by identifying an…

Study details how cells power down to overcome viral attack

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…

Skyler Briggs, a graduate student at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute, shows a microscopic image of lung cells infected with West Nile virus in the process of shutting down their metabolism. He is first author on a recent paper detailing the process co-authored with his mentor, James Burke, Ph.D. / Stacey DeLoye

AI tool speeds acute myeloid leukemia diagnosis

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A team of University of Florida Health researchers has developed a digital tool that uses artificial intelligence to accelerate the…

Jatinder Lamba, Ph.D. (right), associate dean for research and graduate education and a professor of pharmacotherapy and translational research in the UF College of Pharmacy, works with Francisco Marchi (left), a graduate student in the Lamba Lab. Photo courtesy of UF Health / Jesse Jones.

UF researchers get closer to saliva test for breast cancer

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have improved a potentially transformative handheld device to detect breast cancer in saliva, simplifying…

Surprising finding could pave way for universal cancer vaccine

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An experimental mRNA vaccine boosted the tumor-fighting effects of immunotherapy in a mouse-model study, bringing researchers one step…

Antibody-cancer drug combo shows promise against aggressive lymphoma

JUPITER, Fla. — Cancer-hunting antibodies coupled with a natural compound found in soil microbes proved a powerful combination against an aggressive type of…

Research Assistant Professor Dong Yang, Ph.D., incubates the microbe strains to increase the quantities needed for their studies.

Scientists wipe out aggressive brain cancer tumors by targeting cellular ‘motors’

JUPITER, Fla. — A potential treatment for glioblastoma crafted by scientists at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute renders the deadly brain cancer newly…

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Researchers lay groundwork for at-home cervical cancer screening

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers are one step closer to developing a simple, at-home test to prevent cervical cancer or treat it early, a new study from…