Cancer Center at Illinois researchers receive $650,000 Convergence Accelerator Grant from NSF

NCI-designated Basic Laboratory Cancer Centers get research done—efficiently

Having had the honor and pleasure to lead an NCI-designated cancer center for several years, I would like to share my thoughts on this small yet unique set of institutes and their value to NCI and the nation.

Paul Nurse receives 2024 Block Memorial Lectureship

Sir Paul Nurse is the recipient of the 26th Herbert and Maxine Block Memorial Lectureship Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cancer. A geneticist and cell biologist who shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nurse is founding director and chief executive officer of the Francis Crick Institute in London.

October 04, 2024

Vol.50 No.37

In Brief

The American Society for Cell Biology names 17 scientists as 2024 fellows

The American Society for Cell Biology is pleased to present its cohort of 17 fellows for 2024.

August 09, 2024

Vol.50 No.32

In Brief

Oana Danciu named Big Ten CRC steering committee chair

Oana Danciu, associate director for clinical research at the University of Illinois Cancer Center, was appointed by the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium as chair of its steering committee.

June 14, 2024

Vol.50 No.24

Clinical Roundup

APC activation, CDK inactivation triggers “doubling” in cancer cell division

Working with human breast and lung cells, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have charted a molecular pathway that can lure cells down a hazardous path of duplicating their genome too many times, a hallmark of cancer cells.

May 03, 2024

Vol.50 No.18

Clinical Roundup

“Double life” of key immune protein reveals strategies for treating cancer and autoimmune diseases

Insights into the workings of PD-1 reveal how treatments that restrict its action can potentially be strengthened to improve their anticancer effect, a new study shows.

March 15, 2024

Vol.50 No.11

Cancer Center at Illinois researchers receive $650,000 Convergence Accelerator Grant from NSF

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