Eppley Institute for Cancer Research

Cancer center successfully renews NCI designation

Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center is one of just 71 NCI-designated cancer centers in the country.

Oct 4, 2021

Kenneth Cowan, MD, PhD

Walter Scott changed the landscape of med center, Nebraska

‘Giant of philanthropy’ Scott, who died Saturday, was a champion of health care.

Sep 27, 2021

Suzanne and Walter Scott

Services set for UNMC’s Ercole Cavalieri, DSc

Dr. Cavalieri was a faculty member at the Eppley Institute for 46 years.

Sep 24, 2021

Ercole Cavalieri, DSc

New faculty spotlight: Daphne Ly, MD

Dr. Ly is an associate professor in the UNMC Division of Surgical Oncology and a surgical oncologist at Nebraska Medicine.

Aug 30, 2021

Daphne Ly, MD

Cancer center announces seed grant opportunity

Grant funds are from the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center’s American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant.

Aug 30, 2021

Kenneth Cowan, MD, PhD

UNMC researchers discover new, potential target for pancreatic cancer

“The ability to ‘turn on’ SIRT5 in pancreatic cancer cells inhibits tumor growth. Developing drugs that do this is the next step and will help diminish tumors in patients with low SIRT5 expression in the tumors.”

Jul 28, 2021

New faculty spotlight: Grinu Mathew, PhD

Dr. Mathew is an assistant professor at the Eppley Institute.

Jun 16, 2021

Bond sale yields $400 million for university building maintenance projects

The sale is the largest issuance of new bonds in NU history.

Jun 10, 2021

Study: Enzyme protects cells from oxidative damage

Dr. Borgstahl’s lab contributed to study recently published in Nature Communications.

Apr 16, 2021

Like a vacuum cleaner, electrostatic forces found on the surface of the human manganese superoxide dismutase active site funnel (blue positively charged vectors) draw in the negatively charged superoxide (O2•-) to the manganese metal. The superoxide is destroyed and the oxidative damage associated with aging and disease is prevented. The Borgstahl group at UNMC has revealed the unusual biochemistry that make this happen.