New UCF Drug Candidate May Prevent Metastasis
01/11/2024A UCF College of Medicine researcher is developing a new treatment that could slow or even stop cancer cells from spreading. Dr. Otto Phanstiel, a...
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News & Information Archive
Resident Identifies Geographical Links to Colon Cancer, Earns International Research Honor
11/06/2023A UCF-HCA Healthcare resident received international honors for his research showing that Southern U.S. states – which also have the nation’s highest obesity rates –...
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Meet 5 UCF Scientists Taking An Innovative Approach to Breast Cancer Research
10/11/2023Deaths from breast cancer are declining, thanks to research discoveries worldwide. And some of that innovative science is happening at UCF’s College of Medicine. The...
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2023 Cure Bowl Scheduled for December 16 on ABC
09/27/2023UCF Scientist Looking at Role of Fats to Curb Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Patients
09/18/2023Every three minutes, someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma – cancers of the blood, bone marrow, and lymph nodes. Treatments...
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14 Faculty Earn Promotion, Tenure
07/14/2023Fourteen College of Medicine faculty recently achieved significant career milestones in earning promotions and tenure for the 2022-23 cycle. They are among 143 UCF educators...
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UCF Researcher Developing New Approach To Treat Lung Cancer
05/03/2023A UCF researcher is developing a novel therapy to combat lung cancer — the third most common cancer in the United States. The research,...
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Meet Our Order of Pegasus Honorees
04/07/2023Congratulations to nine Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences students recently honored with UCF’s Order of Pegasus, the university’s highest student honor. Burnett School graduate and...
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UCF Researcher Examines Link Between A Protein and Alzheimer’s
02/03/2023A UCF medical researcher is examining how the deficiency of a specific protein in the brain can cause Alzheimer’s disease – a discovery that would...
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Burnett Students Support Artemis Mission During NASA Internships
09/07/2022Two Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, Andrew Ady and Christopher Ngo, are among UCF’s M-STAR Fellows who conducted research at NASA’s Langley, Johnson and Kennedy...
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Cure Bowl Kicks Off With Messages Of Hope
08/30/2022“Never give up” was the message shared from a breast cancer survivor, cancer researcher and star UCF quarterback during a Cure Bowl kick-off event Friday....
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UCF Researchers Develop Liquid Biopsy Technique to Help Detect Cancer in Blood
06/29/2022College of Medicine researchers have found a new way to track metastatic cancer cells in the body, which in the future could help identify cancer...
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