cancer research

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.

This is the first time researchers have achieved such encouraging results in solid tumors, but it is too soon to call it a cure for neuroblastoma, a nerve tissue cancer that often starts in infancy.

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

Senate sponsor Ed Hooper, R-Clearwater, said in March that the additional money would help Moffitt Cancer Center build a new campus.

Many drug research efforts occurring at the University of Florida are focused on marine and natural products that will lead to advancements in medications and treatments for cancers.

The increased funds would go toward building a new campus.

Hadiyah-Nicole Green lost the aunt and uncle who raised her to cancer. The loss inspired her to develop a cancer treatment using lasers. "I was born to do this," she tells her cousin at StoryCorps.

A smoldering controversy over Florida’s landmark tobacco settlement and how money should be spent has been snuffed out.Rep. Jeanette Nunez, a member of…

A scientist tested his peers' ability to pick which cancer experiments would pan out. They failed more often than not, which doesn't say much for intuition or efficiency in the scientific process.

Less of the research presented at a prominent cancer conference is supported by the National Institutes of Health, a development that some of the…