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Ying Jiang and Hui Zong collaborate in the lab.

February 14, 2020 Brain Tumor Discovery May Unlock New Treatments for Many Cancers

A supposedly simple childhood cancer proves unexpectedly sophisticated -- and that discovery may open the door to new treatments for many cancers.

Dave Kashatus stands in front of an erasable wall covered in scientific notes.

September 26, 2019 Pancreatic Cancer Discovery Reveals How the Aggressive Cancer Fuels Its Growth

A new discovery about pancreatic cancer sheds light on how the cancer fuels its growth and may help explain how promising cancer drugs work – and for whom they will fail.

September 3, 2019 New Initiative Aims to Reduce Cervical Cancer in Southwest Va., Appalachia

UVA Cancer Center is part of a new five-year study seeking to reduce the disproportionately high rates of cervical cancer…

August 22, 2019 Depression, Anxiety Linked to Opioid Use in Women With Breast Cancer

Elderly women battling breast cancer who have anxiety, depression or other mental health conditions are more likely to use opioids…

July 29, 2019 UVA Discovers Incredible ‘HULLK’ That Controls Growth of Prostate Cancer

The discovery could be used to target and stop the progression of prostate cancer, which kills more than 30,000 American men every year.

July 11, 2019 To Reduce Cancer’s Terrible Toll, UVA Reaches Out to Those Often Left Unheard

The UVA Cancer Center is reaching out to the people it serves to identify and overcome barriers to care.

Melanie Rutkowski leans against a lab bench.

June 10, 2019 Unhealthy Gut Promotes Spread of Breast Cancer, Study Finds

An unhealthy, inflamed gut causes breast cancer to become much more invasive and spread more quickly to other parts of…

Francine Garrett-Bakelman, MD, PhD, is a cancer doctor and researcher at UVA. She worked with NASA on the twins study.

April 11, 2019 Over the Moon: A UVA Doctor Reflects on Her Work With NASA

On March 3, 2016, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly came home from a yearlong stay on the International Space Station, and…

Researchers Lelisa F. Gemta (left) and Timothy Bullock have determined why killer T cells can be so helpless against cancer. Their finding could allow doctors to make the cells more effective cancer killers.

February 25, 2019 UVA Discovers Secret to Making Immune Cells Better Cancer Killers

Scientists at the School of Medicine have discovered a defect in immune cells known as “killer T cells” that explains…

Anindya Dutta, PhD, MBBS, and his colleagues have made a discovery about HPV that could lead to new treatments for cervical cancer and other cancers caused by the common virus.

December 18, 2018 HPV Discovery Raises Hope for New Cervical Cancer Treatments

HPV is responsible for nearly all cases of cervical cancer and 95 percent of anal cancers. It is the most common sexually transmitted disease, infecting more than 79 million Americans.

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