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Results of a global clinical trial published recently in The New England Journal of Medicine show that a new drug significantly improves survival in women with epithelial ovarian cancer, a deadly gynecologic cancer that often becomes resistant to chemotherapy. The lead author of the study is Kathleen Moore, M.D., associate director of clinical research at OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center at OU Health Sciences and a professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the OU College of Medicine.

“Precision medicine,” an emerging approach to health care in which a patient’s genetics, diseased tissue and other factors guide clinicians to personalize treatment strategies, can dramatically improve health outcomes for people with various diseases, notably cancer.

While today’s drugs help the majority of people with breast cancer survive for years, many who are treated eventually develop Type 2 diabetes, often years after treatment ends. A recent journal publication by a researcher at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine at OU Health Sciences sheds light on the link between the two diseases and raises awareness for patients and physicians alike.

The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine is pleased to announce the appointment of Julia Busik, Ph.D., as chair of the newly combined Department of Biochemistry and Physiology. Busik will also hold the prestigious Ed Miller Endowed Chair in Molecular Biology.

The first published evidence from humans that semaglutide specifically reduces the symptoms of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) has been published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and details a recent collaboration between clinicians and scientists at the OU-TU School of Community Medicine and Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences.