Aug 23, 2024 | Cancer Center News
CCIL researcher Hua Wang holds a research team meeting in his laboratory in the Materials Science and Engineering building As part of our ongoing self-evaluation and strategic review processes, the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) is revising the names and themes of...
Aug 20, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has announced a major new project to be led by Bill King of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The goal of the $21 million project is to develop a radically new platform to manufacture tumor models...
Aug 14, 2024 | Cancer Center News, Honors and Awards
What if surgeries fixed problems flawlessly, the first time? A large, multidisciplinary team of researchers and clinicians at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Mayo Clinic, along with industry and clinical collaborators, will work to find solutions....
Aug 14, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois researchers Zeynep Madak-Erdogan and Erik Nelson tried their hand at dragon boating this summer, with a visit to the Prairie Dragon Paddlers at Homer Lake. Prairie Dragon Paddlers is a non-profit organization designed to support breast cancer...
Aug 13, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) is further reinforcing its commitment to progress for all with an expanded leadership. Professor Ruby Mendenhall, a leading scholar of the University of Illinois and a CCIL JumpStart awardee, has been named Associate Director for...
Aug 12, 2024 | Cancer Center News
More than 4,000 miles, nearly two dozen states, and 11 weeks later, the 2024 Illini 4000 team has raised over $60,000 and arrived at the end of a long but fulfilling journey: a bike ride across America to fight cancer. The Illini 4000 is a non-profit organization...
Aug 8, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Six high school students have a newfound understanding of cancer research after completing the Cancer Center at Illinois’ (CCIL) ResearcHStart program. ResearcHStart is an intensive cancer research experience and partnership between the University of Chicago,...
Jul 29, 2024 | Cancer Center News
When you’re studying a subject as complex as cancer, the most effective approach is often a multifaceted one. Bioengineering professor Wawrzyniec Dobrucki is leading an academically diverse team of researchers on a mission to help prevent and manage prostate cancer...
Jul 26, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Five University of Illinois professors at the Urbana-Champaign campus have been named University Scholars in recognition of their excellence in teaching, scholarship and service. Two of them are CCIL members: Zeynep Madak-Erdogan and Joaquín Rodríguez-López. The...
Jul 19, 2024 | Cancer Center News
“To cure, prevent, and manage every human disease by the end of the century”—this is the bold vision of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). Launched in 2015 by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, CZI aims to build a “better future for everyone” by addressing some of...
Jul 18, 2024 | Cancer Center News
CCIL program leader Brendan Harley was featured on WCIA for Glioblastoma Awareness Day. Researchers worldwide are working to better understand the aggessive brain tumor so they can find new ways to help patients. Watch the interview to hear from Harley about his...
Jul 16, 2024 | Cancer Center News
It was the early 1980s. At the time, glioblastoma patients survived on average for only 10-11 months. Four decades later, the life expectancy has only marginally improved by a few months. For one team of scientists, these aren’t just statistics but family...
