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Dr. Ahmad Jomaa Finds Potential Path to Starving Cancer with Beer Yeast and Receives National Coverage in Media Outlets

February 20, 2025 by jcn6f@virginia.edu

The discovery of a surprising way yeast used to brew beer can survive starvation could open the door to new treatments for cancer.

Congratulations to Dr. Ahmad Jomaa for the national coverage his research is receiving about his lab findings. The coverage made it on to Newsweek and national television.  Ahmad’s findings are explained in UVA’s Medicine In Motion and links to the national coverage are NEWSWEEK and CBS News .