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March 30, 2021
Single cell sequencing enables combination cancer therapy
Analysis of single cancer cells may allow for highly individualized cancer therapy, according to a new paper in Nature Communications published by researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago …
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February 23, 2021
Researchers publish call to action for research ethics in the time …
Several University of Illinois Chicago faculty members, including University of Illinois Cancer Center member Phoenix Matthews, have addressed the issue of how to ethically conduct research with Bl…
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January 26, 2021
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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January 26, 2021
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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July 14, 2020
Navigators overcoming barriers to lessen disparity gap in breast ca…
The large disparity gap between Black and white women undergoing breast cancer screening can be reduced through better education, support and care coordination provided by patient navigators, accor…
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June 23, 2020
Sun developing new strategy to prevent, treat colon cancer
University of Illinois at Chicago researcher Jun Sun is developing a new strategy to restore host-microbe relationships that can potentially prevent and treat colon cancer. The gut microbiome, a ne…
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March 3, 2020
Community-to-bench model is wave of the future
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Out with the old – “bench to bedside” – and in with the new – “community-to-bench.” In a new commentary published in […]
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December 4, 2018
Single cell sequencing sheds light on why cancers form in specific …
University of Illinois Cancer Center member Maxim Frolov, PhD, and his graduate student, Majd Ariss, have developed a single-cell sequencing instrument to isolate cells of the eye in developing fru…
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