Poliovirus targets brain tumors at the Preston Robert Tisch Tumor Center at DukeDrs. Darell Bigner, Matthias Gromeier, John Sampson, Annick Desjardins, and Henry Friedman talk about the most exciting and promising new treatment for glioblastoma multiforme brain tumors. They are planning to test thi...

Robert Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, discusses his research on a new, immunotherapeutic approach to treating pancreatic cancer. Dr. Vonderheide is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Abramson Cancer Center physicians Gregory Beatty, MD, PhD, and Peter O...

Vaxil Biotherapeutics is developing a revolutionary new treatment for cancer called ImMucin.

ImMucin is a new type of drug called a therapeutic vaccine. A therapeutic vaccine harnesses the power of the body's immune system to fight cancer.

A therapeutic vaccine teaches the body's immune system...

Regenerative medicine may sound like science fiction, but it is based on a simple premise. Dr. Atala lists the types of tissues that they plan to bio-print at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

Researchers say a London man appears to be free of the HIV virus after a stem cell transplant. It's the second such success since 'Berlin patient' Timothy Ray Brow. The London patient has not been identified. He was diagnosed with HIV in 2003. He developed cancer and agreed to a stem cell transplant...

Fighting cancer can feel like fighting a ghost. But sometimes, all it takes is a shift in perspective to help us find the answers we've been looking for. Did you know that "cancer" is just a name for hundreds of different diseases? Makes diagnosis and treatment seem pretty tough. However, Clarient −

16 year-old scientist and humanitarian Jack Andraka has already changed the world. At 15, he won the Intel ISEF Gorden E. Moore award, the $75,000 top prize, for his invention of an early stage Pancreatic Cancer diagnostic test. Being referred to "the 15 year-old who changed the course of medicine" ...

The Creative Destruction of Medicine: Why The Entrepreneurial Opportunities Are "Limitless"

InSitu Foundation is a 501(c)3 dedicated to training dogs to detect cancer in humans.InSitu Foundation has participated in 2 federally funded studies, where we looked at the diagnostic accuracy of canine scent detection in early and late stage lung, breast, and ovarian cancer. Insitu Foundation's m...

In this episode of Ask Dr Bob as part of COFL science section, Dr Bob Wallace explains his experience as an openly gay physician trying to combat stigma. The UF College of Medicine alumnus and St. Petersburg physician is no stranger to breaking down barriers. Wallace believes he was one of the first...