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,...
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...
Mar 25, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – Light is most commonly employed in cancer research via imaging tools to diagnose, treat, and otherwise inform physicians and researchers. However, CCIL member Kai Zhang and his lab are exploring the use of light for optogenetics, an interdisciplinary...
Nov 4, 2019 | Cancer Center News
Kai Zhang CCIL member Kai Zhang , professor of biochemistry, developed a novel optogenetic technique, called GLIMPSe, to use light to control and stabilize the lifetime of intracellular proteins. Zhang stated that this method is a nontoxic and more efficient way to...
