Barrett, Gibler and Stern named 2021 Daniel Drake Medalists
May 18, 2021
William Barrett, MD, W. Brian Gibler, MD, and Peter Stern, MD, have been named the 2021 recipients of Daniel Drake Medals.
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What's Happening in Health: RNA treatment for brain cancer
May 18, 2021
UC's Daniel Pomeranz Krummel, PhD, discusses new brain cancer research with Liz Bonis on Local 12's What's Happening in Health program.
ABC12: New drug kills metastatic melanoma
May 18, 2021
A team of scientists at the University of Cincinnati is developing a therapy that — when taken together — can improve existing melanoma treatments.
Breaching the blood-brain barrier to treat tumors
May 7, 2021
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati, in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, have found that using ultrasound combined with RNA-loaded nanoparticles could help infiltrate the blood-brain barrier and deliver targeted, more effective treatment to brain tumors, while eliminating uncomfortable side effects.
WOSU: Breast cancer screening and transgender patients
April 22, 2021
Dr. Annie Brown, assistant professor of radiology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, discusses health disparities in the LGBTQ+ community and new breast cancer screening recommendations for transgender patients with WOSU-FM public radio.
Solving the puzzle for a deadly problem
April 6, 2021
UC researchers are opening a national clinical trial to see if a therapy that has shown promise in treating lung and uterine cancer could be applied to pancreatic cancer, too.
Dr. John Byrd named chair of UC Department of Internal Medicine
March 17, 2021
John C. Byrd, MD, the D. Warren Brown Chair of Leukemia Research at the Ohio State University College of Medicine, has been named professor and chair of the UC College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine.
ABC News: Impact of pandemic cancer screening pause
March 16, 2021
Months after mammograms, colonoscopies and other routine cancer screenings, like lung cancer screenings, were suspended because of the pandemic, researchers are studying the impact.
A new co-driver in breast cancer
March 9, 2021
University of Cincinnati researchers have discovered that cooperation between two key genes drive cancer growth, spread and treatment resistance in one particularly aggressive type of breast cancer. The good news is, though, with this knowledge, they can continue to aim their targeted treatments at these genes, singularly and together, to stop breast cancer in its tracks.
Cincinnati Enquirer: COVID-19 vaccines and mammograms
March 2, 2021
UC's Mary Mahoney, MD, discusses how the COVID-19 vaccine could impact readings from mammograms.
Spectrum News: Researcher with disabilities shares journey
February 24, 2021
Climbing the ranks in the research field isn’t easy. Doing it with a physical disability is even more difficult. But Christina Wicker is doing just that at the University of Cincinnati.
Cincinnati Enquirer: COVID-19 vaccines and patients with cancer
February 19, 2021
This week, more than 130 hospitals, research foundations, fundraising organizations and patient advocacy groups asked the Biden administration to put cancer patients first in the next stage of the rollout. The letter, which was signed by leaders at the UC Cancer Center, says research in the past year shows that COVID-19 patients with cancer have twice the death rate than those without cancer.
Halt cell recycling to treat cancer
February 8, 2021
University of Cincinnati researchers have shown that completely halting a cell recycling process in a very aggressive form of breast cancer may improve outcomes for patients one day.
MSN: Combo therapy for head and neck cancer
January 27, 2021
University of Cincinnati researchers have tested a new combination therapy that showed reduced growth of head and neck cancer in an animal-based study.
A new combination for cancer treatment
January 22, 2021
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have tested a new combination therapy in head and neck cancer animal models to see if they could find a way to make an already effective treatment even better.