Jul 23, 2026 | Cancer Center News
When performing experiments, scientists often need to locate specific proteins in a tissue sample. A common way to do this is using immunofluorescence, where antibodies are attached to fluorescent dyes that light up target proteins under a microscope. This method has...
Jul 22, 2026 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) is training the next generation of cancer researchers. We offer this Q&A series “Get to Know a Cancer Scholar” to provide readers a connection with the amazing trainees who comprise the CCIL’s cohort of...
Jul 22, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Illinois researchers made a breakthrough discovery in the fight against liver cancer. Collaborators Lin-Feng Chen, Susan A. Martinis, and graduate student Xiaodan Lin found that decreasing protein levels of leucyl-tRNA Synthetase (LARS) impedes liver cancer cell...
Jul 22, 2026 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) is training the next generation of cancer researchers. We offer this Q&A series “Get to Know a Cancer Scholar” to provide readers a connection with the amazing trainees who comprise the CCIL’s cohort of...
Jul 21, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Liver metastases are one of the most common sites of cancer spread, and the survival rates are very low. However, Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researchers recently identified a new promising therapeutic target. CCIL Associate Director for Education Zeynep...
Jul 21, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Advances in medical technology have improved our health in part by bringing key aspects of care, once difficult to access, into the home. Tracking symptoms and even screening for certain types of illness outside of a laboratory or clinical setting puts more control...
Jul 17, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Researchers at the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) are developing an artificial intelligence model to predict how patients with different cancer types may respond to immunotherapy. Accurately identifying patients who are most likely to benefit from treatment is an...
Jul 16, 2026 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) is training the next generation of cancer researchers. We offer this Q&A series “Get to Know a Cancer Scholar” to provide readers a connection with the amazing trainees who comprise the CCIL’s cohort of...
Jul 13, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Who doesn’t want cancer testing results at less cost, with greater speed and accuracy? Interdisciplinary innovators like Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Program Leader Brian Cunningham are among the pioneers of the emerging field of point-of-care (POC) diagnostic...
Jul 9, 2026 | Cancer Center News, Cancer Scholars Program
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) is training the next generation of cancer researchers. We offer this Q&A series “Get to Know a Cancer Scholar” to provide readers a connection with the amazing trainees who comprise the CCIL’s cohort of...
Jul 2, 2026 | Cancer Center News
In a new publication, University of Illinois School of Molecular & Cellular Biology researchers provide the first-ever comprehensive map of genomic regions near polycomb bodies in bone cancer cells. And, while mapping the genome around the polycomb repressive...
Jul 2, 2026 | Cancer Center News
University of Illinois researchers are trying to revolutionize cancer surgery with virtual reality goggles that can detect cancerous tissues using infrared neon light. The technology was developed in the university’s biosensors lab by electrical engineering professor...