Mar 16, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Image of Brian Cunningham Urbana, Ill. – Cancer Center at Illinois and Mount Sinai researchers have developed a low-cost, portable, point-of-care technology capable of diagnosing early-stage liver cancer within 30 minutes. The study, led by Brian Cunningham, Cancer...
Oct 22, 2021 | Cancer Center News
An artistic representation of gold nanoparticles on a photonic crystal surface. Created by Janet Kirker. Urbana, Ill. – For several years the Cunningham group has been developing microscopes that use photonic crystal biosensors—nanostructured glass surfaces that...
Jun 17, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Gabriel Popescu, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Chenfei Hu, Illinois graduate student, have collaborated with Colorado State University researchers to develop a new imaging method called harmonic optical tomography. This technique can assist...
Apr 2, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Rohit Bhargava, CCIL Director and professor of bioengineering, has recently published a paper, “Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging Visualizes a Prognostic Extracellular Matrix-Related Signature in Breast Cancer,” in Scientific Reports. The study identified...
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...