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...
Feb 4, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Biohub, a technology based medical research organization, has a goal as simple as it is audacious: to cure—or prevent—all disease. To pursue this goal, Biohub (formerly CZ Biohub) in Chicago has brought together experts from leading universities in the region,...
Dec 16, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Ovarian cancer poses a unique challenge for clinicians when trying to observe cancer cells’ behavior due to a process known as transcoelomic spread. This process is the shedding of cancer cells from a primary tumor into a fluid-filled body cavity, known as the...
Sep 4, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a novel framework for understanding and controlling the flow behavior of granular hydrogels — a class of material made up of densely packed, microscopic gel particles with promising applications...
Nov 6, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The first step of the scientific method is also the most important: observation. Yet this can often be deceptively difficult. In no field is this truer than biology, where one must be able to observe the actions of any given cell in a vast population. Scientists...
Nov 6, 2024 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Read time: 3 minutesKeywords: cancer survivor, cancer researcher, bioengineering Catherine Applegate is a postdoctoral researcher at the Beckman Institute and a graduate of the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Tissue Microenvironment (TiME) Training Program. She...
Oct 16, 2024 | Cancer Center News, Honors and Awards
Read time: 3 minutesKeywords: immunotherapy, cancer vaccine, CAR T cell therapy, tumor antigens, dendritic cells, mRNA, grant The American Cancer Society (ACS) awarded Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang a Research Scholar Grant to investigate a novel...
Sep 4, 2024 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
For bioengineering student Leah Ju, Illinois runs in the family. Her parents met at the university when they were students, and both Leah and her brother decided to follow in their footsteps. Having just returned for her senior year, Leah is one step closer to joining...
Aug 26, 2024 | Cancer Center News
A collaborative team of Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researchers is developing methods to improve magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) for mapping important metabolites in the tumor microenvironment in vivo. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI or MR...
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...
Jun 18, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Joseph Irudayaraj, the CCIL’s Associate Director for Shared Resources and professor of bioengineering, published new research in Nature Communications, demonstrating the potential of a new therapeutic to accelerate and enhance...
May 14, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang, professor of materials science and engineering, published new research in Materials Today Bio demonstrating the development of a novel technology to prevent post-surgical recurrence of breast cancer, especially...