Jan 8, 2024 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Deputy Director Paul Hergenrother was recently named a 2023 National Cancer Institute (NCI) Outstanding Investigator. The prestigious NCI Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA) recognizes the outstanding research performance of cancer...
Dec 14, 2023 | Cancer Center News
This year proved to be one of success and growth for the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL). Below you’ll find 10 of the year’s biggest moments in research, education, and community engagement, meet our new members, and have the chance to dive deeper into...
Dec 6, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Veterinary comparative oncology researchers are exploring a new immunotherapy option for patients with aggressive malignant melanoma. The University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital team includes members of the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL). In a...
Nov 21, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researchers David Shapiro and Paul Hergenrother Estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer is the most common form of breast cancer, affecting approximately 75% of breast cancer patients. In advanced and metastatic form, it is lethal,...
Sep 18, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Veterinary comparative oncology researchers at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital, including members of the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL), are making progress on their investigation into a new immunotherapy option for canines with osteosarcoma....
Jan 10, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Illinois professor of veterinary clinical medicine Dr. Timothy Fan, left, and chemistry professor Paul Hergenrother. The U. of I. team found that the compound PAC-1 has therapeutic potential in pet dogs with spontaneously occurring cancers. The animal studies set the...
Aug 18, 2022 | Cancer Center News
University of Illinois biochemistry professor Kai Zhang and collaborators developed a technique using light to regulate mitochondria, the energy-producing powerhouses inside cells. The technique could address mitochondrial diseases and cancer. Photo courtesy of the...
Sep 15, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Sisi He, PhD Candidate, Molecular and Integrative PhysiologyTiMe 2016 CohortC*STAR 2017 Cohort Where are you working now? Currently I’m working as a scientist at NGM Biopharmaceuticals located at California Bay area. What are you currently researching? I am...
Aug 28, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Pictured (l-r): Timothy Fan (CCIL research program leader), Bill Sullivan, Marty Burke (CCIL member), Nigel Goldenfield, Rebecca Smith (CCIL member), Paul Hergenrother (CCIL deputy director). Urbana, Ill. – University of Illinois President Tim Killeen on Monday...
Nov 19, 2020 | Cancer Center News
In this three-part series, the CCIL’s Communication Intern Carly Kwiecinski explores current outcomes for the disease, provides personal insight into her family’s experience with it, and discusses how the CCIL is transforming cancer care. PART 1 – PANCREATIC CANCER: A...
Aug 4, 2020 | Cancer Center News
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, scientists and health care providers are seeking ways to keep the coronavirus from infecting tissues once they’re exposed. A new study suggests luring the virus with a decoy – an engineered,...
Jul 16, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Tim Fan, CCIL Research Program Leader and professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, discusses how companion animals can assist researchers in improving cancer treatments. Comparative oncology with pets can expedite human clinical trials and the animal data can better...
