Stories from the University of Illinois Chicago

The telltale lung: A new clue to identify, treat early-stage lung cancer, March 2026​​​​
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UIC trains future nurses, physicians to communicate with care, March 2026
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Superagers’ brains have a ‘resilience signature,’ and it’s all about neuron growth, Feb. 2026
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​Two UIC professors receive 2026 Sloan Research Fellowships, Feb. 2026
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How digital copies make medicine more personal, Jan. 2026
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Pulling cleaner fertilizer out of thin air, Jan. 2026
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The curious case of the missing endothelial cells, Jan. 2026
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​UIC center elevates care, compensation for Midwestern coal miners, Jan. 2026
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UIC biochemists advance 3D brain mapping, Dec. 2025
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Pancreatic cancer research project attacks ‘seeds of metastasis’, Nov. 2025
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Energy Department funding extends UIC, Fermilab partnership, Nov. 2025
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UIC researchers are using ‘nanopacks’ to develop a multiple sclerosis treatment, Nov. 2025
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Children don’t fit in boxes. Their data shouldn’t, either, Nov. 2025
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Rain in the Sahara? UIC researchers predict a wetter future for the desert, Oct. 2025
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A’Lester Allen: From creating peptides to creative science, Oct. 2025
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The small protein with a big part in preventing pulmonary fibrosis, Sept. 2025
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UIC faculty members receive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards, Sept. 2025
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In Africa, heat waves are hotter and longer than 40 years ago, UIC researchers say, Aug. 2025
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UIC researchers cast new light on cell structure, Aug. 2025
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UIC’s new dry eye drug is the result of patient-centric innovation, July 2025
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Keeping the Third Coast safe, ‘one beach at a time,’ July 2025
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Uncovering a potential link between oral herpes, multiple sclerosis, July 2025
At hackathon, UIC creates AI innovations for health, July 2025
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Two-in-one treatment targets ‘undruggable’ lung cancer, June 2025
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‘Immuno-relay’ chases down hard-to-treat cancers, June 2025
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Ashley Blackwell is first to traverse UIC’s ‘quantum ecosystem,’ May 2025
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Engineering dean joins prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences, May 2025