Apr 14, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Scientists have long been interested in using red blood cells for drug delivery and imaging. but safely modifying them inside the body has remained a major challenge. Researchers in the Wang Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a new...
Apr 13, 2026 | Cancer Center News
Cancer cells can respond very differently to the same chemotherapy treatment, even within the same type of cancer. Because of this, it is difficult to predict which tumors will respond to treatment and which will become resistant. Researchers at the University of...
Nov 13, 2025 | Cancer Center News
A naturally occurring protein that tends to be expressed at higher levels in breast cancer cells boosts the effectiveness of some anticancer agents, including doxorubicin, one of the most widely used chemotherapies, and a preclinical drug known as ErSO, researchers...
Nov 11, 2025 | Cancer Center News
Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Program Leader Erik Nelson’s lab made an important discovery about the relationship between cholesterol and breast cancer progression with crucial implications for breast cancer therapeutics. Breast cancer is the second leading cause...