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Study reveals a novel target for the treatment of breast cancer

The proliferation and differentiation of the mammary gland is a process tightly controlled by hormones and growth factors. Dysregulation of the signaling pathways that orchestrate mammary gland development is frequently linked to the excessive, unchecked proliferation associated with breast cancer...

Virtual predator is self-aware, behaves like living counterpart

Rhanor Gillette and his colleagues built a virtual ocean predator that has simple self-awareness.

Engineering T cells to attack cancer

The Kranz lab and colleagues have recently publish a trio of papers that describe the engineering of receptors that can mediate specific and potent destruction of cancers by T cells.

Hitting the (Moving) Target of Drug Resistant Cancers

Benita Katzenellenbogen has delved into the causes and treatments for breast cancer and other hormone-dependent cancers for virtually her entire career. Her tireless work in the field has established her as a world-renowned expert.

Researchers uncover a nutrient-sensing epigenetic pathway that controls autophagy

Molecular and Integrative Physiology Professor Jongsook Kemper, postdoctoral fellow Sangwon Byun (leading author of the study), research scientist Young Kim, and colleagues publish results in the EMBO Journal.

High-Risk, High-Reward Research award goes to Illinois biomedical researchers

University of Illinois professors Chad Rienstra (Chemistry), Emad Tajkhorshid, and James Morrissey (Biochemistry) have been awarded a Director’s Transformative Research Award from the National Institutes of Health for their highly creative approach to the study of cell membrane lipids.

Force triggers gene expression by stretching chromatin

Professors Ning Wang and Andrew Belmont led a team that found the pathway by which physical forces drive gene expression in cells.

University of Illinois awarded $8M from NIH to study nuclear structure

Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and Principal Investigator Andrew Belmont from the University of Illinois heads a team of Investigators that has been awarded an $8M grant over five years to study nuclear structure from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund as part of the...
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