Jun 26, 2025 | Cancer Center News
A new study by Carle Illinois College of Medicine (CI MED) researchers sheds new light on the typical age at which the most common form of liver cancer occurs and on how early-onset disease responds to treatment. The research delivers the most comprehensive Western...
Jun 23, 2025 | Cancer Center News
University of Illinois researchers have successfully treated a common type of colorectal cancer tumor with a cholesterol inhibitor drug, demonstrating a promising treatment for the disease in animal experiments. The study, published in Nature Chemical Biology, found...
Jun 23, 2025 | Cancer Center News, Cancer Scholars Program
Each year, Mayo Clinic invites around 180 undergraduates from across the nation to participate in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF). The program allows undergraduates to work at the forefront of biomedical research at one of the world’s leading...
Jun 23, 2025 | Cancer Center News
People are beginning to realize that dogs share a lot more with humans than just their homes and habits. Some spontaneously occurring cancers in dogs are genetically very similar to those in people and respond to treatment in similar ways. This means inventive new...
Jun 18, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Summer break presents a slew of opportunities for college students: a seasonal job, an internship, a research lab experience, or well-earned time off. One opportunity looks much different than most. It involves hopping on a bicycle and riding more than 4,000 miles...
Jun 18, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Students from City Colleges of Chicago got a glimpse into life at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign this summer, including a visit to the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL). The students are part of Enduring Transfer Pathways to Graduate Education in STEM – a...
Jun 17, 2025 | Cancer Center News
What if people could detect cancer and other diseases with the same speed and ease of a pregnancy test or blood glucose meter? Researchers at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology are a step closer to realizing this goal by integrating machine learning-based...
Jun 13, 2025 | Cancer Center News
How is the impact of an academic researcher measured? One widely recognized metric is citation count- the number of times a scholar’s work is referenced by others. Each citation reflects how that research has contributed to advancing scientific discovery....
Jun 11, 2025 | Cancer Center News
In any biological experiment, cell labeling is crucial. For example, picture a researcher performing an experiment on cells from two different mice- one obese, and one at its ideal body weight. Ideally, the cells would be mixed together before performing the...
Jun 9, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Lin-Feng Chen published new research reporting an important factor driving chemoresistance for patients with colorectal cancer. The research is published in the journal Oncogene. Chen’s study found that the protein BRD4—present...
Jun 4, 2025 | Cancer Center News
A new avenue for targeted drug delivery has been proposed by researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Their findings, published in Materials Today Bio, report the first successful application of metabolic...
Jun 3, 2025 | Cancer Center News
The summer season often comes with a reminder to apply sunscreen – and for good reason. Sun exposure is a leading cause of skin cancer so prevention plays a crucial role in lowering your risk of developing the disease. This summer, the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL)...
