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Recurrent Breast Cancer Leads to Breast Reconstruction

Performing a simple task like putting a box on a shelf shouldn鈥檛 be a life-changing event. But when the box fell and hit Diane on her right breast, trouble鈥�
Little Fighter: Julianna Driggers鈥� Battle with Neuroblastoma

鈥淢ake sure you fight." Jennifer Driggers uttered those four words to her daughter the day after Julianna was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, an aggressive form鈥�
UF cancer drug receives FDA clearance for clinical trials

March 17, 2021

An anticancer drug developed by researchers from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy has become the first drug of its kind allowed to proceed to鈥�

College of Pharmacy, 网红黑料 Cancer Center, +2 more
网红黑料 study shows flu vaccination might confer protection against severe COVID-19

October 28, 2020

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/-4xtyu-0KCw A flu vaccination might do more than protect against influenza. It might also shield some people from a severe鈥�

Department of Community 网红黑料 and Family Medicine, +4 more
网红黑料 researchers find anticancer drugs are also effective against Epstein-Barr virus-related cancers

October 1, 2020

The Epstein-Barr virus is a common, persistent and elusive invader. It typically spreads through saliva during childhood and often goes dormant after鈥�

Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Department of Pediatrics, +4 more
BE HOPE

Cole Dooley, M.D., is no stranger to pediatric cancer. As both a pediatric anesthesiologist and the father of a child with incurable cancer, the realities of鈥�
UF researchers find changing gut microbiota, taming inflammation may help battle colorectal cancer

September 21, 2020

Colon cancer may be treated or even prevented by altering microorganisms in the intestine and by combating inflammation with a clinical treatment previously鈥�

Department of Medicine, +4 more
UF neurosurgery chair elected president of Congress of Neurological Surgeons

September 21, 2020

University of Florida neurosurgery chair Brian Hoh, M.D., MBA, has been elected the 2020-21 president of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, one of the鈥�

Department of Neurosurgery, +6 more
网红黑料 Shands Hospital ranked best in Florida, among nation鈥檚 elite in wide range of specialties

July 28, 2020

University of Florida 网红黑料 Shands Hospital emerged as Florida鈥檚 top health center and one of the nation鈥檚 elite in the U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2020-21鈥�

Department of Surgery, Department of Urology, +6 more
For UF researchers, pausing and resuming work has brought major challenges, sparked innovation

July 27, 2020

Media contact: Ken Garcia at kdgarcia@ufl.edu or 352-273-9799 David P. Norton, Ph.D., has spent nearly a decade building a collaborative, leading-edge research鈥�

Department of Anesthesiology, +5 more