university of illinois at chicago

Pond scum could be key to new cancer therapies

EurekAlert! - Cancer  Sun, 07/20/2008 - 23:00

(University of Illinois at Chicago) Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy are collaborating with the Ohio State University and two otherorganizations to discover new cancer therapies derived from naturalsources such as pond scum and plants from tropical rainforests.


 

Grant to study if early BPA exposure leads to late prostate canc...

EurekAlert! - Cancer  Tue, 02/19/2008 - 23:00

A five-year, $2.6 million grant to a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher seeks to answer whether exposure of baby boys -- in utero or in infancy -- to bisphenol A, a man-made chemical which mimics natural estrogens, can predispose them to prostate cancer later in life.