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Timothy Fan Awarded BEAT Cancer Grant to Mitigate Cancer Recurrence and Metastasis

Timothy Fan Awarded BEAT Cancer Grant to Mitigate Cancer Recurrence and Metastasis

Dec 4, 2024 | Cancer Center News

The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) recently embarked on the first year of its Breakthrough and Advanced Treatment of (BEAT) Cancer Research Initiative—a collaboration with the OSF Healthcare Cancer Institute (OSF) in Peoria, IL. This project aims to facilitate an...
Hua Wang Awarded American Cancer Society Grant to Investigate mRNA-based Cancer Vaccine

Hua Wang Awarded American Cancer Society Grant to Investigate mRNA-based Cancer Vaccine

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...
A New Approach to Fighting Breast Cancer: Researchers Identify Compound that May Help the Immune System Slow or Stop Tumor Growth

A New Approach to Fighting Breast Cancer: Researchers Identify Compound that May Help the Immune System Slow or Stop Tumor Growth

Sep 12, 2024 | Cancer Center News

For typical illnesses, the body’s immune system is a robust, pathogen-killing machine. It provides a general defense against harmful germs while also adapting and producing antibodies that target specific bacteria or viruses. After fighting off an infection like...
Light targets cells for death and triggers immune response with laser precision

Light targets cells for death and triggers immune response with laser precision

Jul 3, 2024 | Cancer Center News

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new method of precisely targeting troublesome cells for death using light could unlock new understanding of and treatments for cancer and inflammatory diseases, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers report. Inflammatory cell death,...
CCIL Members Bring Imaging, Immunotherapeutic Expertise to Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium Grand Rounds

CCIL Members Bring Imaging, Immunotherapeutic Expertise to Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium Grand Rounds

Jun 4, 2024 | Cancer Center News

On Thursday, May 9th, cancer centers across Big Ten universities held a notable gathering. Two members of the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL): Timothy M. Fan and Viktor Gruev, led this month’s Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium (CRC) Grand Rounds. Viktor Gruev is a...
CCIL Members Awarded DOD Funding to Pursue Kidney Cancer Immunotherapy

CCIL Members Awarded DOD Funding to Pursue Kidney Cancer Immunotherapy

May 8, 2024 | Cancer Center News, Honors and Awards

Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) members Hua Wang and Rohit Bhargava, in collaboration with clinical partners Dr. Kanishka Sircar and Dr. Jose Karam at MD Anderson, received a four-year, $1.1 million grant from the Department of Defense (DOD) Congressional Directed...
Hacking Cell Communication: Researchers Develop Promising Cancer Vaccine

Hacking Cell Communication: Researchers Develop Promising Cancer Vaccine

Dec 14, 2023 | Cancer Center News

Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researcher Hua Wang and Ph.D. student Rimsha Bhatta Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang published new research with promising developments for the future of personalized cancer therapeutics. In a Nature Communications...
Clinical Trial Shows Promise for Dogs with Aggressive Malignant Melanoma

Clinical Trial Shows Promise for Dogs with Aggressive Malignant Melanoma

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...
Collaborative Team of BIOE Faculty Starts New Joint Center for mRNA Delivery and Cancer Immunotherapy

Collaborative Team of BIOE Faculty Starts New Joint Center for mRNA Delivery and Cancer Immunotherapy

Oct 23, 2023 | Cancer Center News

Illinois bioengineering faculty members are playing key roles in a new joint center for mRNA delivery and cancer immunotherapy (CCIT). This new center is co-lead by Professor Shuming Nie at UIUC and by Professor Youqing Shen at Zhejiang University (ZJU). It involves a...
Research Never Sleeps: Building the Future Means Working Past Dusk for Graduate Student Researchers

Research Never Sleeps: Building the Future Means Working Past Dusk for Graduate Student Researchers

Oct 20, 2023 | Cancer Center News

Rimsha Bhatta, doctoral student in CCIL member Hua Wang’s lab, was featured in a recent Grainger Engineering article that explores the long hours and sleepless nights it takes to pursue meaningful research that will impact future generations. Read the story...
Metabolic Glycan Labeling Approach Shows Promise for Improving Dendritic Cell Vaccines

Metabolic Glycan Labeling Approach Shows Promise for Improving Dendritic Cell Vaccines

Sep 6, 2023 | Cancer Center News

Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researchers Joonsu Han and Hua Wang Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang and his research group are passionate about developing novel – but simple – solutions to not only improve the efficacy of cancer immunotherapies, but...
Cancer Center at Illinois Announces 2023 Research Grant Recipients

Cancer Center at Illinois Announces 2023 Research Grant Recipients

Aug 24, 2023 | Cancer Center News

Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researchers Sara Pedron Haba, Edward Roy, Chitra Subramanian, and Bo Wang The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) supports the most innovative ideas from Illinois faculty through grant programs that catalyze transdisciplinary cancer...
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