Jul 29, 2024 | Cancer Center News
When you’re studying a subject as complex as cancer, the most effective approach is often a multifaceted one. Bioengineering professor Wawrzyniec Dobrucki is leading an academically diverse team of researchers on a mission to help prevent and manage prostate cancer...
Jul 26, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Five University of Illinois professors at the Urbana-Champaign campus have been named University Scholars in recognition of their excellence in teaching, scholarship and service. Two of them are CCIL members: Zeynep Madak-Erdogan and Joaquín Rodríguez-López. The...
Jul 19, 2024 | Cancer Center News
“To cure, prevent, and manage every human disease by the end of the century”—this is the bold vision of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). Launched in 2015 by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, CZI aims to build a “better future for everyone” by addressing some of...
Jul 18, 2024 | Cancer Center News
CCIL program leader Brendan Harley was featured on WCIA for Glioblastoma Awareness Day. Researchers worldwide are working to better understand the aggessive brain tumor so they can find new ways to help patients. Watch the interview to hear from Harley about his...
Jul 16, 2024 | Cancer Center News
It was the early 1980s. At the time, glioblastoma patients survived on average for only 10-11 months. Four decades later, the life expectancy has only marginally improved by a few months. For one team of scientists, these aren’t just statistics but family...
Jul 8, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Joseph Irudayaraj, CCIL Associate Director for Shared Resources, recently shared new research on WCIA that shows promise for cancer patients post-surgery. His lab developed a novel wound healing technology that aims to help patients heal more quickly. You can see his...
Jul 3, 2024 | Cancer Center News
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new method of precisely targeting troublesome cells for death using light could unlock new understanding of and treatments for cancer and inflammatory diseases, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers report. Inflammatory cell death,...
