Cancer
By Louise Lerner
March 29, 2018
Tiny frameworks to enter clinical testing for cancer treatment
By John Easton
January 12, 2018
Gut microbiome influences response to therapy for patients with melanoma
By Robert Mitchum
October 27, 2017
With a $4.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute the University of Chicago’s Globus —a data service initiative run by the Computation Institute—and leading cancer researchers at the University...Read more
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September 13, 2017
At the UChicago Center in Delhi, presentations were given on head and neck cancer by featured Indian & UChicago clinician-scientists and included sessions on oral cancer, salivary gland cancer, sinonasal...Read more
By John Easton
February 3, 2017
Outstanding Investigator Award provides $4.2 million grant over seven years
By Carla Reiter
September 19, 2016
Invention benefits checkpoint blockade immunotherapy
Source: NPR
September 19, 2016
Asst. Prof. Jason Luke discusses genetic interventions in cancer immunotherapy treatments
By Carla Reiter
August 11, 2016
Unique process creates knotted chemical structures
Source: CBS News
June 8, 2016
Assoc. Prof. Blase Polite creates specialized cancer treatment for pregnant patient
June 6, 2016
Public launch of cancer-knowledge platform to enable broad collaboration among researchers
Source: Washington Post
June 6, 2016
Vice President Joe Biden to announce Genomic Data Commons project
By Rhianna Wisniewski
April 21, 2016
Evelo Biosciences and the University of Chicago have entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement to develop and commercialize a microbiome-based cancer immunotherapy. The cancer therapy, developed in the laboratories...Read more
Source: USA Today
February 25, 2016
Asst. Prof. Rena Conti explains increasing cost of outpatient cancer treatment and its effect on patients
Source: Health.com
February 10, 2016
UChicago researchers find that women who survive breast or thyroid cancer have an increased risk for the other
By John Easton
December 10, 2015
University of Chicago researchers have developed a method to diagnose pancreatic cancer earlier in patients. By collecting samples from the portal vein—which carries blood from the gastrointestinal tract, including from...Read more
Source: Bloomberg
November 18, 2015
Analysis by Asst. Prof. Rena Conti finds a large decrease in makers of injectable cancer drugs
By John Easton
November 6, 2015
Manipulating microbes maximizes tumor immunity in mice
September 15, 2015
A new collaboration between Celgene Corp. and the Recombinant Antibody Network , a consortium comprising research groups from the University of California-San Francisco, the University of Chicago and the University...Read more
Source: Chicago Tribune
August 10, 2015
In Q&A, Asst. Prof. Andrew Howard discusses his cartoon ‘Cancer Ninja,’ which uses humor to help patients understand and cope with their diagnoses
Source: U.S. News & World Report
July 30, 2015
Article cites Asst. Prof. Brandon Pierce, who led study that finds lung cancer risk can be predicted by studying DNA