Iowa Regents Approve Cancer Institute; State Ranks Second in New Cases

Iowa Regents approve cancer institute; state ranks second in new cases

A new research institute that could help develop cancer treatments is coming to the University of Iowa.

New UI cancer institute aims to speed drug discovery for Iowans

The institute would seek to "accelerate the discovery" and "development" of scientific discoveries into new cancer drugs.

Iowa Board of Regents approves Institute of Cancer Drug Discovery and Development, three programs of study.

The Iowa Board of Regents approved requests for the creation of the Institute of Cancer Drug Discovery and Development, or CANDID, which will help bridge the development of cancer treatments and the clinical trials of those drugs. The board also approved three new study programs in addition to CANDID at the University of Iowa during...

Regents approve new cancer research institute

Hunter 09/17/26 The Iowa Board of Regents approved the Institute for Cancer Drug Discovery and Development, a new research facility that could help develop cancer treatments. Using the acronym CANDID, University of Iowa executive vice president and