Jul 20, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Researchers in Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang’s lab continue to pioneer novel technologies that enhance the efficacy of cancer immunotherapies. The latest innovation, detailed in a newly published paper in Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering,...
Mar 3, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Hyunjoon Kong, Robert W. Schafer professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, approaches cancer research from a perspective that integrates cell engineering and biomaterials. The Kong research team has been working with Georgia Tech University and Massachusetts...
Jun 4, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Focal adhesions are large specialised proteins that are located in the area where a cell membrane meets the extracellular matrix (ECM), a collection of molecules surrounding the cells that provide support and regulate micromechanical signals to the cells. Examining...
May 21, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Illinois professor Andrew Smith, right, and graduate student Mohammad Zahid. With targeted drug and gene therapies, finding the target cells is only half the battle. Once these agents reach a cell’s surface, they still have to get inside and do their job. University...