Apr 3, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Xing Wang, professor of bioengineering and chemistry, led a research project showing that drug-carrying DNA aptamers can deliver a one-two punch to leukemia by precisely targeting the elusive cancer stem cells that seed cancer...
Jun 28, 2023 | Cancer Center News
Members of the Cancer Research Advocacy Group (CRAG) at the Survivor Summit Audience members participate in roundtable discussions Dr. Neil Iyengar, CCIL member Erik Nelson, Dr. Noel Arring Dozens of cancer survivors, caregivers, advocates, and researchers connected...
Jun 9, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Image of Courtney Ketchum. Urbana, Ill. – When a patient battling blood cancer needs a bone marrow transplant, their chances of survival are very low unless a match is found. Unfortunately, the chance of an immediate familial match is only 30%. Courtney Ketchum, a...
Jun 30, 2020 | Cancer Center News
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A method known as CAR-T therapy has been used successfully in patients with blood cancers such as lymphoma and leukemia. It modifies a patient’s own T-cells by adding a piece of an antibody that recognizes unique features on the surface of cancer...
