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#ILLINOIS researchers have developed a simpler and faster way to build DNA nanostructures, allowing them to perform better in biological environments. CCIL member Xing Wang has used DNA nanostructures targeted cancer drug delivery.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/DNAnanostruc...
🔗 go.illinois.edu/DNAnanostruc...
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
#ILLINOIS researchers have developed a simpler and faster way to build DNA nanostructures, allowing them to perform better in biological environments. CCIL member Xing Wang has used DNA nanostructures targeted cancer drug delivery.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/DNAnanostruc...
🔗 go.illinois.edu/DNAnanostruc...
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month!
A team led by CCIL researchers is improving an imaging system used in bronchoscopy procedures to find small lung nodules. Their new camera has improved the system's imaging sensitivity by 10 times.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/LungCancer2025
A team led by CCIL researchers is improving an imaging system used in bronchoscopy procedures to find small lung nodules. Their new camera has improved the system's imaging sensitivity by 10 times.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/LungCancer2025
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month!
A team led by CCIL researchers is improving an imaging system used in bronchoscopy procedures to find small lung nodules. Their new camera has improved the system's imaging sensitivity by 10 times.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/LungCancer2025
A team led by CCIL researchers is improving an imaging system used in bronchoscopy procedures to find small lung nodules. Their new camera has improved the system's imaging sensitivity by 10 times.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/LungCancer2025
💡 NEW DISCOVERY: Researchers have found that a naturally occurring protein boosts the effectiveness of certain breast cancer treatments, helping with the rupture of cancer cells.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Shapiro
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Shapiro
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
💡 NEW DISCOVERY: Researchers have found that a naturally occurring protein boosts the effectiveness of certain breast cancer treatments, helping with the rupture of cancer cells.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Shapiro
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Shapiro
NEW: #ILLINOIS researchers have discovered a communication pathway that helps breast cancer spread. The team will now work on developing treatment strategies that disrupt the pathway, with a goal of preventing metastasis.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/NelsonBreast...
🔗 go.illinois.edu/NelsonBreast...
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
NEW: #ILLINOIS researchers have discovered a communication pathway that helps breast cancer spread. The team will now work on developing treatment strategies that disrupt the pathway, with a goal of preventing metastasis.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/NelsonBreast...
🔗 go.illinois.edu/NelsonBreast...
NEW OPPORTUNITY: The CCIL introduces the Cancer Education Undergraduate Certificate!
This certificate program is open to undergraduate students who demonstrate a sustained commitment to cancer education through interdisciplinary learning, outreach, and research.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Undergraduat...
This certificate program is open to undergraduate students who demonstrate a sustained commitment to cancer education through interdisciplinary learning, outreach, and research.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Undergraduat...
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NEW OPPORTUNITY: The CCIL introduces the Cancer Education Undergraduate Certificate!
This certificate program is open to undergraduate students who demonstrate a sustained commitment to cancer education through interdisciplinary learning, outreach, and research.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Undergraduat...
This certificate program is open to undergraduate students who demonstrate a sustained commitment to cancer education through interdisciplinary learning, outreach, and research.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Undergraduat...
EMPOWERING STUDENT RESEARCHERS 🔶🔷
Ph.D. student Rana Abbed is researching breast and ovarian cancers. The Deborah M. House Fund for Cancer Research recently supported Abbed’s work through a collaboration with Siteman Cancer Center.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/HouseFund
Ph.D. student Rana Abbed is researching breast and ovarian cancers. The Deborah M. House Fund for Cancer Research recently supported Abbed’s work through a collaboration with Siteman Cancer Center.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/HouseFund
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
EMPOWERING STUDENT RESEARCHERS 🔶🔷
Ph.D. student Rana Abbed is researching breast and ovarian cancers. The Deborah M. House Fund for Cancer Research recently supported Abbed’s work through a collaboration with Siteman Cancer Center.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/HouseFund
Ph.D. student Rana Abbed is researching breast and ovarian cancers. The Deborah M. House Fund for Cancer Research recently supported Abbed’s work through a collaboration with Siteman Cancer Center.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/HouseFund
Researchers at #ILLINOIS have developed a way to track chemotherapy drugs inside of cancer cells.
This ground-breaking research focuses on a transformed version of a widely used chemotherapy drug, doxorubicin, which makes the previously undetectable drug, detectable.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Richard
This ground-breaking research focuses on a transformed version of a widely used chemotherapy drug, doxorubicin, which makes the previously undetectable drug, detectable.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Richard
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Researchers at #ILLINOIS have developed a way to track chemotherapy drugs inside of cancer cells.
This ground-breaking research focuses on a transformed version of a widely used chemotherapy drug, doxorubicin, which makes the previously undetectable drug, detectable.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Richard
This ground-breaking research focuses on a transformed version of a widely used chemotherapy drug, doxorubicin, which makes the previously undetectable drug, detectable.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Richard
New research from #ILLINOIS shows that measuring a key hormone could help predict fertility outcomes for women with cancer who choose fertility preservation.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/KlonoffCohen
🔗 go.illinois.edu/KlonoffCohen
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
New research from #ILLINOIS shows that measuring a key hormone could help predict fertility outcomes for women with cancer who choose fertility preservation.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/KlonoffCohen
🔗 go.illinois.edu/KlonoffCohen
SCIENCE IN ACTION 🔬🧬
10 students from #ILLINOIS presented at the 2025 International Cancer Education Conference, a national forum that brings together researchers, educators, health professionals, and students. Congratulations to all who presented! 🎉
🔗 go.illinois.edu/ICEC
10 students from #ILLINOIS presented at the 2025 International Cancer Education Conference, a national forum that brings together researchers, educators, health professionals, and students. Congratulations to all who presented! 🎉
🔗 go.illinois.edu/ICEC
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
SCIENCE IN ACTION 🔬🧬
10 students from #ILLINOIS presented at the 2025 International Cancer Education Conference, a national forum that brings together researchers, educators, health professionals, and students. Congratulations to all who presented! 🎉
🔗 go.illinois.edu/ICEC
10 students from #ILLINOIS presented at the 2025 International Cancer Education Conference, a national forum that brings together researchers, educators, health professionals, and students. Congratulations to all who presented! 🎉
🔗 go.illinois.edu/ICEC
#ILLINOIS researchers have developed a model that uses a patient's blood to predict how likely they are to respond to immune checkpoint blockade drugs, a type of immunotherapy treatment.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/KunWang
🔗 go.illinois.edu/KunWang
October 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#ILLINOIS researchers have developed a model that uses a patient's blood to predict how likely they are to respond to immune checkpoint blockade drugs, a type of immunotherapy treatment.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/KunWang
🔗 go.illinois.edu/KunWang
🎥 IN THE NEWS: Breast Cancer Awareness Month 💗
CCIL researcher Michael Oelze shared his ultrasound technology research with @WCIA 3 News, highlighting the ways it holds potential to help patients.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/OelzeWCIA
CCIL researcher Michael Oelze shared his ultrasound technology research with @WCIA 3 News, highlighting the ways it holds potential to help patients.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/OelzeWCIA
October 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🎥 IN THE NEWS: Breast Cancer Awareness Month 💗
CCIL researcher Michael Oelze shared his ultrasound technology research with @WCIA 3 News, highlighting the ways it holds potential to help patients.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/OelzeWCIA
CCIL researcher Michael Oelze shared his ultrasound technology research with @WCIA 3 News, highlighting the ways it holds potential to help patients.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/OelzeWCIA
#ILLINOIS researchers are developing technology that will make sure tumor tissue and cells are completely removed during surgery.
🔗 The principal investigator is reflecting on what the team has accomplished in the first year of a five-year project: go.illinois.edu/Boppart
🔗 The principal investigator is reflecting on what the team has accomplished in the first year of a five-year project: go.illinois.edu/Boppart
October 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#ILLINOIS researchers are developing technology that will make sure tumor tissue and cells are completely removed during surgery.
🔗 The principal investigator is reflecting on what the team has accomplished in the first year of a five-year project: go.illinois.edu/Boppart
🔗 The principal investigator is reflecting on what the team has accomplished in the first year of a five-year project: go.illinois.edu/Boppart
New federal grants totaling $2.6 million will support CCIL researcher Michael Oelze's efforts to solve problems with existing ultrasound technologies and increase accessibility to new breakthroughs in the field.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Oelze
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Oelze
October 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New federal grants totaling $2.6 million will support CCIL researcher Michael Oelze's efforts to solve problems with existing ultrasound technologies and increase accessibility to new breakthroughs in the field.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Oelze
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Oelze
The Cancer Voices Project is designed to capture the perspectives of people who experience cancer - from patients and survivors to family members and doctors.
📣 The team is collecting interviews through the end of THIS MONTH.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/CancerVoices...
📣 The team is collecting interviews through the end of THIS MONTH.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/CancerVoices...
October 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Cancer Voices Project is designed to capture the perspectives of people who experience cancer - from patients and survivors to family members and doctors.
📣 The team is collecting interviews through the end of THIS MONTH.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/CancerVoices...
📣 The team is collecting interviews through the end of THIS MONTH.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/CancerVoices...
In a recent study, #ILLINOIS researchers identified how PFAS disrupt cells and found a way to repair them. The team is now collaborating with surgeons to identify patients with a higher risk of developing kidney cancer based on PFAS levels.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Irudayaraj
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Irudayaraj
October 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In a recent study, #ILLINOIS researchers identified how PFAS disrupt cells and found a way to repair them. The team is now collaborating with surgeons to identify patients with a higher risk of developing kidney cancer based on PFAS levels.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Irudayaraj
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Irudayaraj
CCIL Distinguished Lecture Series:
📆 October 8 | 1 - 2 p.m.
📍NCSA 1040 | Teams
▶ Speaker: Elaine Fuchs
🔗 Registration required: go.illinois.edu/ElaineFuchs
Fundamental discoveries from Elaine Fuchs shape our understanding of how stem cells cope with stress, including aging, inflammation and cancer.
📆 October 8 | 1 - 2 p.m.
📍NCSA 1040 | Teams
▶ Speaker: Elaine Fuchs
🔗 Registration required: go.illinois.edu/ElaineFuchs
Fundamental discoveries from Elaine Fuchs shape our understanding of how stem cells cope with stress, including aging, inflammation and cancer.
September 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
CCIL Distinguished Lecture Series:
📆 October 8 | 1 - 2 p.m.
📍NCSA 1040 | Teams
▶ Speaker: Elaine Fuchs
🔗 Registration required: go.illinois.edu/ElaineFuchs
Fundamental discoveries from Elaine Fuchs shape our understanding of how stem cells cope with stress, including aging, inflammation and cancer.
📆 October 8 | 1 - 2 p.m.
📍NCSA 1040 | Teams
▶ Speaker: Elaine Fuchs
🔗 Registration required: go.illinois.edu/ElaineFuchs
Fundamental discoveries from Elaine Fuchs shape our understanding of how stem cells cope with stress, including aging, inflammation and cancer.
Illinois researchers have developed a new method that could drastically accelerate the development of antibody-based treatments, immune therapies, and vaccines for various diseases, including cancer.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/NicholasWu
🔗 go.illinois.edu/NicholasWu
September 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Illinois researchers have developed a new method that could drastically accelerate the development of antibody-based treatments, immune therapies, and vaccines for various diseases, including cancer.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/NicholasWu
🔗 go.illinois.edu/NicholasWu
#ILLINOIS researchers have developed a framework for understanding and controlling the flow behavior of granular hydrogels — a material that mimics the mechanical properties of living tissue and holds potential for use in medicine and tissue repair.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Harley
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Harley
September 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
#ILLINOIS researchers have developed a framework for understanding and controlling the flow behavior of granular hydrogels — a material that mimics the mechanical properties of living tissue and holds potential for use in medicine and tissue repair.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Harley
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Harley
NEW: An analysis from #ILLINOIS researchers reveals the nutrition therapies that are most effective at easing GI symptoms for cancer patients.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Loman
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Loman
September 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
NEW: An analysis from #ILLINOIS researchers reveals the nutrition therapies that are most effective at easing GI symptoms for cancer patients.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Loman
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Loman
Researchers at #ILLINOIS are working to make mRNA cancer vaccines more effective. Scientists have created a hydrogel that recruits immune cells from all over the body to the injection site, instead of relying on the vaccine to reach them.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/WangmRNA
🔗 go.illinois.edu/WangmRNA
September 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Researchers at #ILLINOIS are working to make mRNA cancer vaccines more effective. Scientists have created a hydrogel that recruits immune cells from all over the body to the injection site, instead of relying on the vaccine to reach them.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/WangmRNA
🔗 go.illinois.edu/WangmRNA
👏 Congratulations to CCIL program leader Erik Nelson, who recently received a prestigious 2025 Laureate Award from the Endocrine Society.
Nelson's research has contributed to new therapeutic approaches being explored as breast cancer treatments and preventatives.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Nelson
Nelson's research has contributed to new therapeutic approaches being explored as breast cancer treatments and preventatives.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Nelson
August 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
👏 Congratulations to CCIL program leader Erik Nelson, who recently received a prestigious 2025 Laureate Award from the Endocrine Society.
Nelson's research has contributed to new therapeutic approaches being explored as breast cancer treatments and preventatives.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Nelson
Nelson's research has contributed to new therapeutic approaches being explored as breast cancer treatments and preventatives.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Nelson
👩🔬🥼That's a wrap!
Students in this year's ResearcHStart program have completed their summer of cancer research. ResearcHStart allows high school students to get hands-on lab experience and build a network of mentors.
🔗 Learn more about their journey: go.illinois.edu/ResearcHStar...
Students in this year's ResearcHStart program have completed their summer of cancer research. ResearcHStart allows high school students to get hands-on lab experience and build a network of mentors.
🔗 Learn more about their journey: go.illinois.edu/ResearcHStar...
August 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
👩🔬🥼That's a wrap!
Students in this year's ResearcHStart program have completed their summer of cancer research. ResearcHStart allows high school students to get hands-on lab experience and build a network of mentors.
🔗 Learn more about their journey: go.illinois.edu/ResearcHStar...
Students in this year's ResearcHStart program have completed their summer of cancer research. ResearcHStart allows high school students to get hands-on lab experience and build a network of mentors.
🔗 Learn more about their journey: go.illinois.edu/ResearcHStar...
NEW: A study from CCIL researcher Hong Chen revealed that gut microbe balance could be a key factor in early-onset colorectal cancer.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/HongChen
🔗 go.illinois.edu/HongChen
August 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
NEW: A study from CCIL researcher Hong Chen revealed that gut microbe balance could be a key factor in early-onset colorectal cancer.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/HongChen
🔗 go.illinois.edu/HongChen
CCIL members Erik Nelson and Nien-Pei Tsai have both been promoted to full professors in the Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology 👏
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Promotions
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Promotions
August 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
CCIL members Erik Nelson and Nien-Pei Tsai have both been promoted to full professors in the Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology 👏
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Promotions
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Promotions
👏 CCIL Deputy Director Paul Hergenrother has been selected as an American Chemical Society Fellow for 2025 in recognition of his contributions to science.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Hergenrother...
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Hergenrother...
August 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
👏 CCIL Deputy Director Paul Hergenrother has been selected as an American Chemical Society Fellow for 2025 in recognition of his contributions to science.
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Hergenrother...
🔗 go.illinois.edu/Hergenrother...