Feb 20, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Three Illinois scientists are among 126 recipients of the 2025 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. According to the foundation, the awardees represent “the very best of early-career science, embodying the creativity, ambition, and rigor...
Feb 12, 2025 | Cancer Center News
With the help of a $33 million contract, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign engineers with the Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory have created technology to help doctors look at cells in new ways without a microscope. The Margin Diagnostics (MarginDx) project...
Feb 10, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Researchers from the University of Illinois have identified a key process coordinating liver maturation and polyploidization, a state in which cells carry more than two sets of chromosomes. Their findings, published in Genes and Development, provide insight into...
Feb 5, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Scientists have translated nanoscale experimental and computational data into precise 3D representations of bacteria, yeast and human epithelial, breast and breast cancer cells in Minecraft, a video game that allows players to explore, build and manipulate structures...
Feb 3, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Metastatic breast cancer, particularly estrogen receptor (ER) positive liver metastases, typically lacks a positive prognosis, quality of life, or effective treatment. But a new option now arises, with promising results. Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, the Associate Director...
Feb 3, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Yang Liu, a member of the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) and professor of bioengineering, received a CCIL Seed Grant to support her research in addressing drug resistance in cancer treatments. CCIL seed grants provide funding that enables faculty teams to develop...
