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Stories from the University of Illinois Chicago

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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

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