Nov 23, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – Rong “Ronny” Guo, a student in CCIL researcher Zhi-Pei Liang’s lab and 2021 Beckman Institute Graduate Fellow studying electrical and computer engineering, took home first prize at the annual IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Student...
Nov 17, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Image of Hong Jin. Urbana, Ill. – Over the past year, the Hong Jin lab at the University of Illinois has been focusing on a potential oncogene, developmentally-regulated GTP-ase (Drg1), and its function in tumor progression. A recent, critical decision to examine...
Nov 16, 2021 | Cancer Center News
A new study in mice suggests that consuming a high-fat diet in combination with exposure to PFAS triggers changes in benign and malignant prostate cells that promote rapid tumor growth. Food science and human nutrition professor Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, center, led the...
Nov 10, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Jefferson Chan and Melissa Lucero. Urbana, Ill. – Lung cancer can be elusive to spot and difficult to treat because the markers for it are found in other tissues, too. Now, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a finely tuned molecular...
Nov 3, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – On Sept. 17, the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) and the Microbial Systems Initiative (MSI) held the Cancer and Microbes Workshop as part of a new partnership formed between the CCIL and the MSI to promote collaboration at the interface of...
Nov 3, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Image of Elisabeth Martin. Urbana, Ill. – High school students are often unsure of their career path and unable to obtain early hands-on experience in the fields they are interested in. This can be especially true for students with an early interest in oncology. The...
