UCF Researcher Develops “Smart, Tiny Bubbles” to Treat Cancer and Heart Disease
A cell 500 times thinner than a human hair could heal hearts and kill cancer cells, thanks to a patent-pending technology created by a UCF…
“FIRE’D” Up About Med School Research
College of Medicine students presented their original research May 11 — on topics ranging from cancer to whether patients trust when their doctors use artificial…
Dr. Khaled is 2026 Pegasus Professor
Dr. Annette Khaled, who leads the UCF College of Medicine’s Cancer Research Division, has been recognized as a Pegasus Professor, the university’s highest honor. She…
Progressing the Final Frontier of Medicine: Space
UCF’s leading space medicine experts, valued strategic partners and an astronaut who holds NASA’s record for spacewalks will gather April 10 in Lake Nona’s Medical…
UCF Researchers Fight Breast, Prostate Cancer with Targeted Therapies Backed by 2 New Grants
A UCF team of researchers is refining their gameplan to tackle cancer. Dr. Annette Khaled, who leads the College of Medicine’s cancer research division, recently…
Cancer Researchers Help UCF Earn Top 20 U.S. Public Universities for Patents
UCF ranks among the top 20 U.S. public universities for utility patents granted, including two from cancer researchers at the College of Medicine, the National…
UCF Research Advances Understanding of Sarcomas
A UCF College of Medicine researcher is working with researchers from Yale School of Medicine to expand the understanding of sarcomas – a rare and…
UCF Medical Researchers Earn Grants for Innovative Approaches to Breast Cancer
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins, two College of Medicine cancer researchers have received statewide grants to support their innovative projects to fight a disease…
Congressman Soto Presents UCF Funding for Pathogen Surveillance, Research
A $900,000 congressional appropriation will help the UCF College of Medicine create a pathogen surveillance and research core to identify and address future pandemics. U.S….
Two Earn College’s First M.D./Ph.D. Degrees
Friday’s UCF College of Medicine commencement brings the program’s first M.D./Ph.D. graduates – physician-scientists who conducted advanced research while learning to care for patients. Michael…
UCF Researchers Develop Novel Therapy For Incurable Brain Cancer
College of Medicine researchers are developing a more effective way to treat glioblastoma, an aggressive, incurable form of brain cancer. Patients currently live just 12…
UCF “Beefing Up” Natural Killer Cells To Stop Cancer
A UCF cancer researcher is discovering ways that the body’s own Natural Killer cells can be energized to fight deadly pediatric cancers and improve immunotherapy…