Leah Buletti

A new exosome isolation approach could have important implications for discovering and detecting cancer biomarkers.

The mission of the UF Health Cancer Center's new Breast Cancer Working Group is to create a unique group for collaborations between the University of Florida and University of Florida – Jacksonville faculty, co-PI grant applications, and networking for planning future collaborations based on different areas of expertise.

University of Florida Health pediatric oncologist John A. Ligon, M.D., has been awarded a $600,000 grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research to study a personalized immunotherapy vaccine to treat relapsed pediatric osteosarcoma.

The UF Health Cancer Center hosted its third annual conference for middle and high school science teachers over two days in July, drawing 60 teachers from across the state.

UF Health is now the first site in the southeastern United States to house a groundbreaking device that will provide personalized cancer treatment by combining extremely detailed magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, with precision radiotherapy.

In a long-term study of adults who have undergone bariatric weight loss surgery, University of Florida researchers found participants’ physical activity and diet quality improved after surgery, but fell short of federal physical activity guidelines.

UF Scripps Biomedical Research scientist Matthew Disney, Ph.D. has found yet another groundbreaking approach to a problem that has long vexed scientists: How to cure diseases by targeting key RNA.

Bylund and Susan Bluck, Ph.D., a lifespan developmental psychologist and gerontologist in the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ department of psychology, are serving as co-principal investigators of a three-year, $1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to analyze the effectiveness of one of the few therapeutic interventions available today: Dignity Therapy.

This study presents critical data to inform effective policies to protect the oncology workforce that provides care and produces research that serves patients and society.

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