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A child being vaccinated by a pediatrician.
Key details about broadly neutralizing antibodies provide insights for universal flu vaccine

New research on polyreactive broadly neutralizing antibodies shows the challenges of balancing an effective immune response.

Researchers have long suspected that interleukin-12 could be a powerful cancer treatment, but it caused dangerous side effects. Now, Pritzker Molecular Engineering researchers have developed a version of the molecule that activates when it reaches a tumor, whereupon it eradicates cancer cells.
‘Masked’ cancer drug sneaks through body to deliver anti-tumor treatment with fewer side effects
Pictured (left to right): Nan Chen, MD; Xiaoyang Wu, PhD; Scott Oakes, MD; Ray Moellering, PhD; Marsha Rosner, PhD; Margarite Matossian, MD, PhD; Rita Nanda, MD.
Ullman Family Team Science Award to support novel breast cancer research
A 3D illustration of multiple myeloma, a type of cancer.
Study shows promising results for triple-drug therapy for post-transplant management of multiple myeloma
Encouraging new drug helps Northwest Indiana woman with relapsed ovarian cancer
Laura Furmanek
Patient John Polo with oncologist Christine Bestvina, MD, left, and surgeon Jessica Donington, MD.
Thanks to a dramatic response to a clinical trial, patient diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer shows no evidence of disease
Woman staring out of car window in deep thought
New UChicago Medicine study reveals socioeconomically vulnerable women reported having more unwanted sex during early months of the pandemic
Person sleeping wearing CPAP machine
New mobile health technology for sleep apnea care to address individual patient needs
Depiction of cancerous areas in lungs
Simultaneous radiation and immunotherapy are beneficial for a subset of lung cancer patients
Tao Xie, MD, PhD
Bringing equity to research and treatment of Parkinson’s disease
Dmitry Karpeyev, PhD, survived a dangerous cancerous tumor behind his face; now he
First he survived cancer – now he studies it
How do you teach advancing health equity? Improv may be a (serious) answer
Vineet Arora, MD, performs with the improv troupe as Marshall Chin, MD, MPH, and members of the troupe look on
MRI machine
Perfecting MRI as a breast cancer screening tool
Woman with hand on her forehead while having coffee
Hormone therapy experiences vary by race among women in menopause
A pharmacist selects a drug from a display case. A UChicago pharmacologist sees traction in push to lower cancer drug costs.
Policy and prescriptions: UChicago pharmacologist sees traction in push to lower cancer drug costs
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