Research
March 26, 2024
UAMS Awarded $11.48 Million Federal Grant to Establish Center for Molecular Interactions in Cancer
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute received a five-year, $11.48 million federal grant to create the Center for Molecular Interactions in Cancer (CMIC). The grant was awarded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) program. COBRE grants are awarded to…
January 19, 2024
Arkansan Sees Advanced Cancer Disappear with Experimental Drug Offered at UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
A Little Rock man with resistant kidney cancer who underwent experimental immunotherapy in Phase 1 Clinical Trials at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute has experienced a complete remission.
December 15, 2023
UAMS Myeloma Researcher Sees‘ Impressive’ Results in Clinical Trials of Bispecific Antibody Treatments
Many patients at the UAMS Myeloma Center have relapsed refractory myeloma, meaning they have nearly run out of effective treatment options. Fortunately, the center has talented clinical researchers like Carolina Schinke, M.D., with access to the latest medications, including promising study drugs. Schinke is leading a clinical trial at UAMS of a promising new bispecific…
December 14, 2023
UAMS Researcher Takes Aim at Drug-Resistant Myeloma
UAMS Myeloma Center researcher Fenghuang (Frank) Zhan, M.D., Ph.D., has spent his career in search of clues to help fight drug-resistant myeloma. His findings recently led him to establish a translational research project to beat drug-resistant myeloma for his 11-member myeloma research team, based at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. While the…
Expanding the Field: Clinical Trials Diversity Benefits Myeloma Research
Clinical trials have long been an established part of medical research. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Myeloma Center and the Clinical Trials Office work together to create a more diverse pool of clinical trial participants in the continuing research of multiple myeloma. Samer Al Hadidi, M.D., is a driving force in this…
October 23, 2023
Five UAMS Researchers Awarded Grants for Breast Cancer Research
For the 26th year during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program (ABCRP) has awarded funding to kick-start promising breast cancer research projects. Since the passage of the Arkansas Breast Cancer Act in 1997 that created the ABCRP, the Arkansas State Legislature has set aside funds that UAMS invests in novel research…
September 25, 2023
UAMS Division of Research and Innovation Engages Researchers at Orientation and Administrative Showcase
UAMS research faculty got to hear directly from Division of Research and Innovation staff during a fun and informative afternoon that featured brief presentations and concluded with a poster session and reception with drinks and light hors d’oeuvres.
August 3, 2023
UAMS’ Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., Contributes to Major Ovarian Cancer Discovery; Findings Published in Cell
The Birrer Laboratory at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute helped discover a proteogenomic signature in ovarian cancer that may improve the way the disease is treated around the world. The discovery, which identifies a 64-protein-gene signature that can predict primary treatment resistance in patients with high grade…
August 1, 2023
National Cancer Institute Awards UAMS Researchers $2.26 Million to Continue Multiple Myeloma Study
LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers Teresita Bellido, Ph.D., and Jesus Delgado-Calle, Ph.D., recently received a five-year, $2.26 million continuation award from the National Cancer Institute. Bellido is a professor and chair of the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology in the UAMS College of Medicine, while Delgado-Calle is an…
July 12, 2023
American Cancer Society Funds UAMS Study to Understand Treatment Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer
Adam Wolfe, M.D., Ph.D., a radiation oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute has received a $583,200 grant from the American Cancer Society (ACS) to study radiation resistance in pancreatic cancer, a lethal disease with the highest mortality rate of all cancers. The four-year ACS Clinician Science…
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