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Dr. Gary Kruh Cancer Research Symposium and Virtual Poster Competit…

REGISTER HERE VIRTUAL POSTER COMPETITION GUIDELINES AND SUBMISSION HERE The annual Dr. Gary Kruh Cancer Research Symposium and Student Poster Competition is held in honor of the late Dr. Gary [&hel…
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Lewis Cantley, PhD – University of Illinois Cancer Center Dis…

Lewis C. Cantley, PhD Meyer Director, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center Professor of Cancer Biology, Weill Cornell Medicine   Lewis Cantley, PhD, has made significant advances in cancer re…
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UI Cancer Center awards new research grants

And the winners are… The University of Illinois Cancer Center has selected two teams of scientists to receive $50,000 research grants as part of its pilot grants program, whose purpose […]
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Nissim Hay photo and his name with the UI Cancer Center logo on a blue background

Akt promising target for cancer treatment, but which one?

Akt is one of the most frequently stimulated oncoprotein in human cancers and whose activation often elicits chemoresistance, making it a promising target for treatment. However, there are three Ak…
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Study finds racial disparities in breast cancer prognosis testing

Black women have higher recurrence and mortality rates than non-Hispanic white women for certain types of breast cancer, according to a University of Illinois Chicago researcher…
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CRISPR technology to cure sickle cell disease at UIC

University of Illinois Chicago is one of the U.S. sites participating in clinical trials to cure severe red blood congenital diseases such as sickl…
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