In a demonstration test last Friday (Oct. 10), researchers transmitted 1.4 terabytes of data between Chicago and Amsterdam over a 30-minute period at 6.8 gigabits per second, using a new network protocol.
A major new center established today at the University of Illinois at Chicago will study why mortality rates for breast and other cancers are so much higher in African-Americans and Hispanics than in Caucasians. The initial focus is on breast cancer.
A team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $15.7 million grant for a multi-pronged program to develop drugs to treat and stop the spread of anthrax, the often fatal infectious disease that has been rated second to smallpox in potential impact as an agent of bioterrorism.
Experts at the University of Illinois at Chicago can comment on topics to help both parents and kids get the most out of the new school year.
Some 400 Chicago-area teenagers diagnosed with mononucleosis will be recruited and tracked over a two year period to study links between mono and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Physicians are using magnification endoscopy to see microscopic lesions of the colon which may be an important biomarker for the development of colon cancer several years before polyps appear.
Scientists have identified 57 genes involved in the growth of human tumor cells. Some of these genes appear to be linked with the growth of cancerous cells only making them possible targets for new drugs.
The University of Illinois at Chicago is launching a study to test whether two herbal products "” black cohosh and red clover "” are effective in relieving symptoms of menopause.
Studying and socializing aren't the only activities vying for a college student's precious time -- computer gaming has also now claimed a slice of campus life, a new study has found.
The Supreme Court's majority opinion striking down anti-sodomy laws cited the research of University of Illinois at Chicago gender historian John D'Emilio in noting that historically such laws applied to acts, not to certain people.
African Americans are far less likely to seek immediate treatment for a heart attack than non-Hispanic whites, according to a researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are studying subtle abnormalities in eye movements that may one day be used to diagnose psychiatric disease.
A team of chemists reports its findings on the way the PTEN gene, a known tumor suppressor, works. The findings may lead to new gene therapy for those whose PTEN genes have become damaged or were subject to mutation.
In a clinical trial conducted at the University of Illinois at Chicago, researchers have demonstrated the first promising drug treatment for a common and life-threatening sleep disorder called sleep apnea.
The Midwest Latino Health Research, Training and Policy Center, part of the University of Illinois at Chicago's Jane Addams College of Social Work, will host the Midwest Regional Conference on Hispanic/Latino Health and Human Services in Chicago, June 5-6.
Biologists at the University of Illinois of Chicago discovered rapid change (150 years) in gene sequence frequencies of common white-footed mice samples gathered from the greater Chicago region.
Compounds found in tea can stop the growth of bacteria that cause bad breath, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Physicist Cecilia Gerber won a $523,000 NSF Career grant to learn if top quarks are produced singly as well as in pairs, and if there is another generation of quarks and leptons beyond the three already known. Her research will use Fermilab's Tevatron collider.
A UIC researcher has identified a protein that may help predict which patients will respond to tamoxifen, a drug used to treat certain kinds of breast cancer.
In a study, a researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago has identified two previously unknown mutations that cause excessive estrogen production in men -- and may be linked to certain kinds of breast cancer.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago's Jane Addams College of Social Work will use a $1.9 million grant to study the impact of drugs and the justice system on women and their children.
Solving a longstanding scientific puzzle, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered how the body's first line of defense against dangerous microbes inadvertently helps HIV rapidly infect the human immune system.
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers are examining what causes the most common type of kidney cancer and whether risk is linked to genetic and environmental factors.
UIC chemisty professor Timothy Keiderling has won a Guggenheim fellowship to study a molecular formation in peptides and proteins called the beta sheet. The work may help researchers working on Alzheimer's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseases.
UIC awarded a four-year, $8 million grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study teen 'quit smoking' programs.
An innovative center at the University of Illinois at Chicago is looking to train more minority special-education professionals nationwide to help children struggling with disabilities achieve academically.
No matter when the brain is injured -- early in life, in middle age, or later -- it shows a remarkable ability to reorganize to help the body recover normal motor functions, a study at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine has shown.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered they can control the urge to drink by manipulating the molecular events in the brain that underlie anxiety -- one of the key psychological factors driving alcohol consumption and one of the first symptoms of alcohol withdrawal.
The second annual "Silver Fleece" Awards, a lighthearted effort to make the public aware of anti-aging quackery, will be announced March 13.
Families in poverty-stricken Ethiopia may soon see improvements in their social services thanks to a partnership between the University of Illinois at Chicago, Addis Ababa University, and a network of local nonprofit agencies.
A team of chemists lead by Luke Hanley has developed a method called Surface Polymerization by Ion-Assisted Deposition (SPIAD) for growing conducting polymers.
A family of hard-to-find, natural compounds that show promise as antitumor agents may prove useful in drug development with the successful synthesis of amphidinolide T1, reported by UIC chemists.
Physicians at the University of Illinois Medical Center are the first in the United States to use Electron Beam Tomography (TM) technology to help treat patients with congenital heart disease who undergo cardiovascular interventions in the catheterization laboratory.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have shown that heart attack and stroke in a small number of men taking the drug Viagra may be caused by the drug's encouraging platelets to aggregate.
With age, the body deteriorates. Muscles atrophy. Bones grow thin. The skin loses its elasticity. Wounds are slow to heal. Our tissues don't regenerate the way they did in youth. University of Illinois at Chicago researcher Robert Costa believes he knows why: our FoxM1B gene retires.
Microbes some 2,800 years old are discovered in an ice-sealed saltwater lake in Antarctica. The discovery may serve as a model for what lakes looked like during severe glacial periods. The probe may also help in planning future Mars explorations.
In stunning color images using time-lapse microscopy, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have for the first time captured the very earliest stages of HIV infection in living cells.
University of Illinois at Chicago research team measures history of relative sea level in Mississippi Delta region through analysis of peat samples.
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) today announced plans to establish the UIC National Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases to put the city at the forefront of the nation's efforts to protect against bioterrorism, advance the fight against infectious diseases and make Chicago one of the best-prepared cities in the world in the event of a bioterrorist attack.
Four-year-old Zachary Connard from West Chicago, Ill., received a segment of his mother's small bowel in a rare living-donor surgery performed Oct. 24 at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago.
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers will use a $4.5 million grant to help make recreation and fitness activities and programs more accessible to people with disabilities.
UIC researchers have found that eliminating a gene involved in spurring cell growth thwarts the development of cancer.
A new study from the UIC College of Pharmacy may lead to the development of a drug to stop the growth of cancer cells.
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have been awarded a $2 million grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to strengthen teacher preparation programs.
A new analysis of a major study of childhood nutrition shows that early sexually-maturing girls are more likely than other girls to be obese, while in boys early developers are less likely to be obese than other males.
The University of Illinois at Chicago's Health Research and Policy Centers have received a five year, $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund adult health literacy study.
Researchers at University of Illinois-Chicago have discovered that chromatin, not proteins, support mitotic chromosomes.
The use of live bacteria to treat cancer goes back a hundred years. But while the therapy can sometimes shrink tumors, the treatment usually leads to toxicity, limiting its value in medicine. Now, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have isolated a protein secreted by bacteria that kills cancer cells but has no harmful side effects.
This year, the University of Illinois at Chicago is again partnering with the Chicago Public Schools in a citywide effort to attract professionals from other fields into teaching science or mathematics to middle grades students.
A new high-throughput assay has led to discovery of a small organic compound that shows the unusual ability to inhibit cell migration.
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