cancer research

This year’s grants will prioritize studies on nutrition’s role in cancer prevention and treatment, along with other high-impact projects.

As lawmakers prepare legislation to roll back mandates, the surgeon general has floated going one step further: banning mRNA vaccines. Medical experts say that would have public health implications.

The National Cancer Institute award will fund a five-year study that will include 300 medical cannabis users and 300 non-medical users. Researchers hope to learn who would benefit most from cannabis.

One rare form, acute myeloid leukemia, strikes those groups at a greater rate and younger age than the rest of the population. UM researchers are looking for volunteers to help understand and treat the disease.

Cancer is the leading cause of death for Latinos and Hispanics in the U.S. One rare form of the disease strikes those groups at a greater rate and at a much younger age than the rest of the population.

The planned life sciences innovation district will serve as a hub for cancer research, education and patient care.

They range from proposed funding for public schools to money that would go toward cancer research.

Speaking at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, where she’s undergoing cancer treatment, first lady Casey DeSantis said funds would go to Moffitt, the Sylvester center in Miami and UF Health Cancer Center.

The five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute will support the research of Moffitt’s Lung Cancer Metabolism Group, which is working on four projects to develop new therapies.

James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo were cited for their work in harnessing the immune system to arrest the development of cancer.

A Tampa Company has received approval to start clinical trials on a new form of gene therapy to treat cancerous tumors.Morphogenesis, Inc. will begin the…

Florida universities are making progress in expanding their research and development efforts but there is room for improvement, according to a new...