The Office of Development and Alumni Affairs welcomed four new development officers recenlty to help meet the needs of the College of Medicine and to ensure that private support continues to strengthen.

Researchers are closer to better treatments of neuroblastoma, the most common form of cancer in babies and the third most common childhood cancer.

Michael Good, M.D., College of Medicine interim dean, provides this month’s guest column, writing about the accomplishments and challenges faced during the 2008-2009 academic year and goals for the future.

Jacksonville couple helped jumpstart cancer program at UF eleven years ago.

Dr. Joseph Simone is appointed to the Stand Up For Cancer scientific advisory committee. The organization is building interdisciplinary “Dream Teams” of scientists, clinicians, technicians and other experts, who will focus on accelerating cancer research.

The new program will provide an important resource for all cancer programs and is one of the key components of UF’s new partnership with the Moffitt Cancer Center.

A protein that helps lung cancer cells thrive appears to do so by blocking healthy cells’ ability to fix themselves when radiation or chemicals such as nicotine damage their DNA, according to a University of Florida study to be published Friday (Feb. 29) in the journal Molecular Cell.
High levels of the protein, known as Bc12, [...]