Jun 2, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Photo credit: College of Veterinary Medicine A trial led by Dr. Tim Fan at Illinois will evaluate safety and effectiveness of cANK-101 in dogs with oral malignant melanoma. This canine drug was developed by Ankyra Therapeutics, a Boston-based biotech company, using...
Sep 7, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Pictured left to right: CCIL members Zeynep Madak-Erdogan and Rebecca Smith Urbana, Ill. – Eight faculty from a range of disciplines across the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus have joined Carle Illinois College of Medicine with Health Innovation...
Jul 21, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Illinois researchers on the study include, from front left, research scientist Chengjian Mao and graduate students Matthew Boudreau, Darjan Duraki and Ji Eun Kim. In the back row, from left, are molecular and integrative physiology professor Erik Nelson, chemistry...
Jun 1, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Project title: “Elucidating the Role of Minor Cannabinoids on Immune Cell Activation Involved in Lung Cancer Metastatic Progression” Research team includes: David Sarlah (Prinicipal Investigator), assistant professor of chemistry, and Timothy Fan,...
Sep 2, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Timothy Fan, DVM and Professor of Veterinary Oncology, was recently honored with the Career Achievement Award in Canine Research by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). Fan’s laboratory works closely with other scientists to evaluate novel drugs or drug...
Aug 10, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Illinois researchers are responding to the need for personalized medicine for cancer patients by developing a groundbreaking innovation: the Oncopig cancer model. This new platform will improve and accelerate cancer detection and treatment techniques....
Jul 16, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Tim Fan, CCIL Research Program Leader and professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, discusses how companion animals can assist researchers in improving cancer treatments. Comparative oncology with pets can expedite human clinical trials and the animal data can better...
Jul 17, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Image of a mouse. New research from the University of Illinois finds products of omega-3 fatty acid metabolism show anti-cancer properties in mice. Omega-3 fatty acids are important for brain development. When the body metabolizes these fats, it creates a class of...
Nov 27, 2017 | Cancer Center News
Timothy Fan and Paul Hergenrother A drug that spurs cancer cells to self-destruct has been cleared for use in a clinical trial of patients with anaplastic astrocytoma, a rare malignant brain tumor, and glioblastoma multiforme, an aggressive late-stage cancer of the...
