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CCIL Breast Cancer Research Featured on WCIA
CCIL program leader Erik Nelson and Natalia Krawczynska were featured on WCIA discussing breast cancer research, explaining a link they found between cholesterol and cancer progression, and how metastasis could potentially be prevented. Watch the interview to learn...
Bhargava and Leburton Named National Academy of Inventors Fellows
Two professors at The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are among the 169 U.S. distinguished academic and institutional inventors and 16 International Fellows named to the 2025 class.Rohit Bhargava, Professor of...
CCIL & NCSA Announce 2025 Cancer Digital Insights Planning Grant Awardees
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL), in collaboration with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), is pleased to announce the awardees of the 2025 Cancer Digital Insights (CDI) Planning Grants—a new initiative designed to accelerate cancer...
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