Univ. of FL Researchers Receive $1.5M to Study Colon Cancer

University of Florida researchers have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to study colon cancer, according to a news release.

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The $1.5 million, five-year grant will support the researchers’ efforts to examine the role of an inflammation-causing protein — interleukin-8 — in colon cancer development.

 

The principal investigator is Emina Huang, MD, a colorectal surgeon and an associate professor in the UF College of Medicine’s department of surgery.

 

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