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CAR-T immune therapy attacks ovarian cancer in mice with a single dose
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
CAR-T immune therapies could be effective against solid tumors if the right targets are identified, a new study led by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign…
CABBI develops eco-friendly enzyme to create key chemical building blocks
Julie Wurth
Using energy from light to activate natural enzymes can help scientists create new-to-nature enzymatic reactions that support eco-friendly biomanufacturing — the production of…
Team identifies key driver of cancer cell death pathway that activates immune cells
Diana Yates
Scientists have identified a protein that plays a critical role in the action of several emerging cancer therapies. The researchers say the discovery will likely aid efforts to…
Research collaboration turns up the heat in cancer immunotherapy
Jonathan King
The results of a recent canine cancer study by Tim Fan (ACPP/CGD), a professor of veterinary clinical medicine, and former Illinois faculty member Dane Wittrup may have…
Soil microbes help plants cope with drought, but not how scientists thought
Lauren Quinn
There’s a complex world beneath our feet, teeming with diverse and interdependent life. Plants call out with chemical signals in times of stress, summoning microbes that can…
Long receives honorary doctorate from University of Essex
Allie Arp
“I have been lucky enough to receive a few awards throughout my career, but none is more special to me than this.”
The founding plant scientist at the University of…
Joseph Fernandez
Ananya Sen
Joseph Fernandez is a postdoctoral researcher at the Genomics and Eco-evolution of Multi-Scale Symbioses Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-…
Team develops all-species coronavirus test
Diana Yates
In an advance that will help scientists track coronavirus variants in wild and domesticated animals, researchers report they can now detect exposure to the SARS-…
New insights into the structural changes associated with osteoarthritis
Ananya Sen
Osteoarthritis is the most common degenerative joint disease, affecting 22% of adults over 40 globally. Although the condition has been extensively studied through a medical…
Are honey bees, wild bees still in trouble?
Diana Yates
A new report reveals that U.S. beekeepers lost roughly half of the honey bees they managed last year. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign entomology…
Potential breakthrough treatment for cystic fibrosis enters clinical trial
Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Clinical testing is underway for a potentially groundbreaking new treatment for cystic fibrosis. Pioneered by scientists at Carle Illinois College of Medicine at the University…
New drug delivery method can reverse senescence of stem cells
Shelby Lawson
As we age, our bodies change and degenerate over time in a process called senescence. Stem cells, which have the unique ability to change into other cell types, also experience…
