Aug 22, 2018 | Cancer Center News
The gene-editing technology CRISPR is already making a huge difference across many scientific fields, but its importance could be about to grow even further – scientists have discovered a new technique that can leave out particular sections of a gene, essentially...
Aug 8, 2018 | Cancer Center News
A newly developed tool combines different types of genomic data to predict patients’ specific responses to therapeutic drugs. The application, developed by the University of Illinois and the Mayo Clinic, is based on information contained in human genomes and enables...
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...