Apr 8, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang is leading a collaborative research project to develop a technology that will target and tag red blood cells in the human body. Wang, a professor of materials science and engineering, has established a strong laboratory...
Apr 8, 2026 | Cancer Center News, Member Spotlight
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) has more than 125 members from across the Illinois campus. Given the great variety in backgrounds, research disciplines, and experiences of our members, we offer our Q&A series “Get to Know a Cancer Researcher” to...
Apr 1, 2026 | Cancer Center News, Member Spotlight
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) has more than 120 members from across the Illinois campus. Given the great variety in backgrounds, research disciplines, and experiences of our members, we offer our Q&A series “Get to Know a Cancer Researcher” to...
Apr 1, 2026 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Cancer Scholar Program student Patrick Selby, an outstanding sophomore, earned the John C. and Elizabeth J. Chato Award in Bioengineering. This award is for undergraduate students involved in activities related to bioengineering. Selby is double majoring in...
Mar 29, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researcher Sara Gerke was featured on WCIA discussing her research on “femtech,” a new wave of technology for women. This field of technology encompasses products including period trackers and apps that help cancer patients...
Mar 26, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Wawrzyniec Dobrucki, a professor of bioengineering, led a systematic review and analysis of data from over 5,000 patients with cancer across 29 studies to investigate how Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-products (RAGE)...
Mar 25, 2026 | Cancer Center News, Member Spotlight
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) has more than 120 members from across the Illinois campus. Given the great variety in backgrounds, research disciplines, and experiences of our members, we offer our Q&A series “Get to Know a Cancer Researcher” to...
Mar 17, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Tumors contain many different types of cells organized in complex spatial patterns that can influence how the disease progresses. Because of this, it is hard to predict how a tumor will develop and respond to treatment. Researchers at the University of Illinois...
Mar 11, 2026 | Cancer Center News
A simulated cell in the early stages of division. Left half shows cytoplasm (blue cubes), mRNA degradation machinery molecules (pink), and sugar transporters (brown). Right half adds the membrane (green) and ribosomes (yellow/red). Graphic by Zane Thornburg, as part...
Mar 11, 2026 | Cancer Center News, Member Spotlight
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) has more than 120 members from across the Illinois campus. Given the great variety in backgrounds, research disciplines, and experiences of our members, we offer our Q&A series “Get to Know a Cancer Researcher” to...
Mar 9, 2026 | Cancer Center News
By combining artificial intelligence with genetic data, Grainger Engineering researchers are giving Mayo Clinic physicians new tools to forecast outcomes in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Dr. Aaron Mangold, dermatologist at Mayo Clinic (left) and Cancer Center at...
Mar 4, 2026 | Cancer Center News, Member Spotlight
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) has more than 120 members from across the Illinois campus. Given the great variety in backgrounds, research disciplines, and experiences of our members, we offer a new Q&A series called “Get to Know a Cancer...