Cancer Center at Illinois

University of Illinois scientists revolutionizing cancer treatments and technologies to create personalized and compassionate cancer care.

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A cancer diagnosis changes everything. For Tai R. Shin, his own experience and that of his late wife, facing the disease, ignited a determination to do something about it. That determination is now the heart of a $6 million gift to advance cancer research. https://t.co/2SBXnOmh6t

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NEW: With support from the Cancer Center at Illinois, researchers are using advanced imaging techniques to better understand cancer cells that survive chemotherapy. Their findings could help identify biomarkers that identify resistant tumors earlier.

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📷 Researchers have developed a new camera system that could help surgeons make faster, more informed decisions during cancer surgery by identifying whether lymph nodes contain metastatic cancer cells in real-time.

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A new study offers insight into how tumors grow and respond to treatment. The team found that higher levels of collagen and fibrin around tumors can make the tissue softer rather than stiffer.

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A historic milestone for the Cancer Center at Illinois: We are now an NCI-designated Basic Cancer Center — the first new designation of its kind in nearly 40 years and one of only eight in the country.

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🟠🔵 NEW: Researchers have launched a collaborative research project to develop a technology that will target and tag red blood cells in the human body.

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A new study from #ILLINOIS researchers shows a receptor linked to chronic inflammation may help identify which cancers are more aggressive and harder to treat.

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Researchers are taking a new approach: using spatial mapping techniques to better understand tumor structure and how tumors may respond to treatment.

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Researchers at #ILLINOIS have developed a 4D model of a living cell, capturing how it grows and divides over time.
This breakthrough provides a powerful way to study cell behavior and could help scientists explore how diseases like cancer alter cells.
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🎥 Save the date!
🟠 April 23 | 4 PM
📍 Beckman Institute
Join us for a screening of “Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution." 🔗
Please register for reception planning purposes: https://t.co/BzOscRtXIT

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The growing “femtech,” industry has transformed how women monitor and manage their health - but questions linger about privacy, bias, regulation and more. CCIL member Sara Gerke is working to navigate those issues by bridging law, ethics, and medicine.

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Congratulations to CCIL researchers Hyunjoon Kong and Xing Wang, who have been named Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors! 👏

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Join us for a special documentary and reception!
🎥 🟠 April 23 | 4 p.m. | Beckman Institute
The CCIL will host a screening of "Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp the Biotech Revolution."

🔗 https://t.co/BzOscRtXIT

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CCIL Director Rohit Bhargava joined News-Gazette Radio on #WorldCancerDay to talk about how far cancer research has come, and promising advancements in the works.

🔗 Listen here around the 2 minute mark: https://t.co/eb2hNB3PmH

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Congratulations to Dhanush Gandavadi and Revathi Manoharaan - both members of CCIL research labs - for receiving a Biohub Spark Award! 🎉

🔗 Learn more about their projects and Biohub: https://t.co/rw9q3TwGSZ

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New research from #ILLINOIS fills in critical gaps when it comes to understanding the relationship between testicular cancer growth and PFAS, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances also known as "forever chemicals."

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A new initiative between the CCIL and National Center for Supercomputing Applications - NCSA unites scientists working on cancer with experts in artificial intelligence to support projects that will accelerate cancer research.

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NEW: Researchers studying #breastcancer have identified a protein that can help shift immune cells into "attack cancer mode."

The team will now work to boost this protein's activity in tumors and evaluate if it can be combined with existing therapies.

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🎥 IN THE NEWS: CCIL researcher Erik Nelson shared his lab's recent breast cancer research on @wcia3news, explaining a link they found between cholesterol and cancer progression.

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Congratulations to CCIL Phillip and Ann Sharp Director Rohit Bhargava, who has been named a National Academy of Inventors fellow! 👏

Jean-Pierre Leburton, Gregory Stillman Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering was also named.

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