Aug 27, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang has published new research detailing a new mRNA cancer vaccine platform. Wang’s study introduces an immune cell homing hydrogel-based platform designed to overcome one of the biggest hurdles in conventional mRNA cancer...
Aug 21, 2025 | Cancer Center News
The Endocrine Society chose 14 leading endocrinologists as winners of its prestigious 2025 Laureate Award, the top honor in the field. Among those receiving honors is Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Program Leader Erik Nelson of the Department of Molecular &...
Aug 20, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Over 4,000 miles later, the 2025 Illini 4000 team has successfully reached the end of their bike ride across America, arriving in San Francisco, California. This year, they raised over $60,000. Since 2006, a team of students from the University of Illinois...
Aug 19, 2025 | Cancer Center News
This summer, high school students from across Illinois traded their usual routines for lab coats, data sets, and problem solving. They spent eight weeks participating in researcHStart, an intensive cancer research program that allows high schoolers the opportunity to...
Aug 13, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member and Bioengineering Department Head Mark Anastasio has been awarded the William J. Morlock Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), one of the...
Aug 11, 2025 | Cancer Center News
With colorectal cancer on the rise in people under 50, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are looking at the colon’s tiniest inhabitants to reveal causes and potential treatments. In a study in genetically modified mice, the researchers...
Aug 8, 2025 | Cancer Center News
High school students from all sites of the ResearcHStart program spent a day on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus shortly before wrapping up their summer of learning. ResearcHStart is an intensive cancer research experience and partnership between the...
Aug 7, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang (right) and lab member Yusheng Liu Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang perfectly encapsulates the CCIL’s multidisciplinary approach to fighting cancer: combining engineering, biology, and interdisciplinary...
Aug 6, 2025 | Cancer Center News
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — With a new five-year, $15 million award, the U.S. National Science Foundation has renewed its support of the Molecule Maker Lab Institute, a research collaboration focused on developing artificial intelligence tools for quick, accessible discovery...
Aug 4, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois Deputy Director and chemistry professor Paul J. Hergenrother has been selected an American Chemical Society Fellow for 2025 in recognition of his exceptional contributions to science. The group of 36 ACS Fellows was announced July 28, 2025....