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Polygenic risk scores need better regulation, study argues
Ananya Sen
Polygenic risk scores (PGSs) are used to predict an individual’s risk for particular conditions using data from multiple genes. Although the scores may be able to provide…
Joseph Irudayaraj
Ananya Sen
Joseph Irudayaraj (CGD/EIRH) is a Founder Professor in Bioengineering. His lab uses engineering, biology, and computer science to develop smart therapeutics and to understand…
Remembering Carl Woese through the Undergraduate Research Scholar Program
Ananya Sen
Every summer, the Carl R. Woese Undergraduate Research Scholar Program helps students conduct research on a full-time basis over the summer. The program is designed to inspire…
Illinois study reveals genetic secrets of America's favorite snack
In its simplest form, popcorn is pretty uncomplicated. Most supermarket varieties offer the choice of two kernel colors, yellow or white, and two kernel shapes, pointed or…
Engineered yeast used to influence gut microbiome of mice
Shelby Lawson
Scientists are becoming increasingly aware of how the human microbiome, or the collection of microbes the live on and inside of us, has a major connection to health and human…
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…
Three projects chosen for the IGB DEI Awards
Ananya Sen
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology have awarded three projects for their DEI initiatives. Each project was…
