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Ksenia Krupina, PhD

Scientists uncover enzyme that shatters chromosomes, reshapes cancer genomes

Friday, January 9, 2026
Lead study author Ksenia Krupina will join UI Health Care in 2026 to continue her research.
Garry Buettner portrait

Chemist’s lifelong research comes full circle in his own treatment

Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Garry Buettner, a scientist who spent decades researching the cancer-fighting potential of intravenous vitamin C, became a patient himself, and benefited from the very treatment he helped pioneer—demonstrating both the personal and scientific impact of his work.
Katie Colling

PhD student’s research advances treatments for uterine cancer

Monday, December 8, 2025
Katie Colling was named winner of the 2025 3MT competition.

Why there’s hope for cancer in Iowa

Tuesday, November 25, 2025
These opinions from Mark Burkard, MD, PhD, Mary Charlton, PhD, and Bradley Hiatt, DO, were originally published Nov. 22, 2025, in the Des Moines Register.

UI Health Care awarded grant for AI-enhanced clinical research project aimed at improving advanced prostate cancer care

Friday, November 7, 2025
Clinicians at the University of Iowa were recently awarded a competitive grant for a multi-faceted quality improvement project using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve advanced prostate cancer care.

How Do GLP-1 Agents Factor Into Neuroendocrine Tumor Care Strategies?

Wednesday, November 5, 2025
In neuroendocrine tumor management, patients with insulinoma may be at risk of severe hypoglycemia following receipt of GLP-1 receptor agonists.

UI Health Care oncologists lead the way in studying new methods to enhance immune response in tumors

Wednesday, October 15, 2025
UI Health Care is leading a clinical trial that is demonstrating a completely new way of harnessing the immune system to fight cancer.

UI researchers receive grant to continue studies on rare neuroendocrine cancers

Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Second NET SPORE grant at Iowa focused on translating research into improved treatments for patients
Jessica Tucker, PhD

Dr. Jessica Tucker Receives V Foundation for Cancer Research Grant

Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Jessica Tucker, PhD, has received a new grant from the V Foundation for Cancer Research to investigate how tRNA cleavage by Angiogenin influences Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV).