Stories from the University of Illinois Chicago

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