UF Health research to create cancer vaccine gets $2.5M in new funding
The Pediatric Cancer Foundation’s Cure-Search for Children’s Cancer is funding doctor Elias Sayour’s efforts to create a novel vaccine to treat brain cancer in children.
The Pediatric Cancer Foundation’s Cure-Search for Children’s Cancer is funding doctor Elias Sayour’s efforts to create a novel vaccine to treat brain cancer in children.
High-risk individuals and their families have spent the COVID-19 pandemic watching the rest of the world take a socially distanced walk in their shoes.
In this podcast from UF Health’s MedCast, William Slayton, MD discusses Immunotherapy for Pediatric Leukemia Patients. He will tell us the story behind the current outstanding cure rates for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He will help us to understand the reasons why 10% of patients still relapse. He will examine the…
Dear Patients and Families, On behalf of the University of Florida Pediatric Hematology/Oncology team, I would like to update you on the current COVID-19 situation. First and foremost, please know that our team is available for you and your child during this public health emergency. I hope all of you are doing…
5-year-old Caden Buth loves singing, dancing and acting—but like a dinosaur or a robot. Any day spent having fun is how he would describe his best day, said Caden’s mom, Christina. When Caden was 4 weeks old, he continued to bleed severely after a surgical procedure.
Dr. Bill Slayton served the first volleyball tonight at the Florida Gators vs Tennessee game in honor of pediatric cancer awareness month.
William Collett loves basketball, swimming, and playing video games with his friends. It was when he wasn’t running as fast as usual last spring that his parents took him to the doctor, and he was diagnosed with leukemia.
We all know what the pink ribbon stands for, but how many of us know what the gold ribbon stands for? I know we didn’t until little Mason Silva came into our life and taught us firsthand why this month is so important, and it’s why you’ll see my husband…
Hyundai Hope On Wheels® will present University of Florida Health Shands Children's Hospital with a $150,000 Hyundai Young Investigator Grant on Thursday, September 7th, 2017. The grant funds will support the research of principal investigator Dr. Matthew Cascio.