May 3, 2024 | Cancer Center News
The Center for Environment, PFAS, and Cancer Toxicology (CEPaCT) held a meeting on April 25 at the Beckman Institute to discuss recent project and administrative updates. CEPaCT was founded by Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Joseph Irudayaraj and focuses on...
Dec 18, 2020 | Cancer Center News
When agrochemical and pharmaceutical companies develop new products, they must test extensively for potential toxicity before obtaining regulatory approval. This testing usually involves lengthy and expensive animal studies. A research team at University of Illinois...
Sep 21, 2020 | Student Spotlight, TiMe Program
Congratulations to Carlos Renteria, a graduate student in the Cancer Center at Illinois’ Tissue Microenvironment (TiME) training program, who has been awarded a new traineeship with The University of Illinois’ Research Training Program in Environmental...
May 25, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Jodi Flaws, Professor of Comparative Biosciences, recently published a paper in Toxicological Sciences reviewing the research linking dozens of environmental chemicals to changes in the gut microbiome and associated health challenges. “Chemicals such as...
Apr 9, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Image of Emerging Pathway of Doxorubin Cardiotoxicity. ABSTRACTDoxorubicin (DOX) is among the oldest and most-used chemotherapeutics. However, its use is limited by a cumulative dose that leads to cardiotoxicity. DOX is an anthracycline quinone that is known to...
