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Better care, more hope for Iowans facing cancer
Friday, October 23, 2026
Mark Burkard, MD, PhD, is building on decades of progress in cancer research to bring together innovation and statewide expertise to change what’s possible for Iowans facing cancer.
FDA Greenlights Clinical Trials for College of Pharmacy Ovarian Cancer Research
Friday, October 2, 2026
The FDA has cleared Dean Jill Kolesar's novel ovarian cancer therapy for human clinical trials, using extracellular vesicles to turn tumor-supporting immune cells into tumor-killing ones.
UI Health Care is changing the lives of cancer patients
Thursday, August 27, 2026
UI Health Care researchers and physicians contributed to three new cancer therapies for pancreatic cancer and melanoma
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