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Cystic fibrosis treatment uses 'molecular prosthetic' for lung protein

Liz Ahlberg Touchstone

An approved drug normally used to treat fungal infections could also do the job of a protein channel that is missing or defective in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis,…

Crops in silico 2.0: Project Extended

Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Crops in silico (Cis

Archaeologists find 200-year-old African DNA on tobacco pipe

MDOT SHA Communications

DNA found on tobacco pipe stems uncovered by archaeologists from the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) and Anne Arundel County from…

IGB and SciLine host Genomics for Journalists


Imagined as a sort of science “boot camp” for reporters, Genomics for Journalists is a multi-day workshop designed to arm journalists—includ

Fatty acids rewire cells to promote obesity-related breast cancer

Sharita Forrest

Scientists at the University of Illinois have found that free fatty acids in the blood appear to boost proliferation and growth of breast cancer cells.

Donovan named to 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

Stephanie Henry

Sharon Donovan (MME), a professor of nutrition and the Melissa M.

When temp drops, Siberian Miscanthus plants surpass main bioenergy variety

Claire Benjamin

Photosynthesis drives yields, but in cold conditions, this process that turns sunlight into biomass takes a hit.

Illinois researchers are first to count growth factors in single cells

Laura Schmitt

Whether healthy or diseased, human cells exhibit behaviors and processes that are largely dictated by growth factor molecules, which bind to receptors on the cells.

How to feed the world by 2050?

Claire Benjamin

One of the most significant challenges of the 21st Century is how to sustainably feed a growing and more affluent global population with less water and fertilizers on shrinking…

NYT Columnist and Author Carl Zimmer to Speak on New Book


New York Times columnist and renowned author Carl Zimmer will be giving a lecture on his newest book, titled She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potenti

Illinois teams with Anheuser-Busch for bee research

Dave Evensen

There’s plenty of sweet irony in a new partnership between Illinois and St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, LLC, that will raise money for bee research at the university.