Strategic Communications and Marketing News Bureau

Health, Medicine, Biomedical Sciences

LIZ AHLBERG TOUCHSTONE

Touchstone covers biomedical sciences for the News Bureau. She works with faculty and researchers to make health, medicine and biomedical research news accessible to the public. When not working, she can be found chasing after two small children and playing board games with her husband, if said children ever go to sleep.

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With domestic cats in 23 states now diagnosed with the H5N1 avian influenza virus, pet owners can reduce risk by limiting exposure through their cats’ food or environment, says Illinois veterinary medicine professor and virologist Dr. Leyi Wang.

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Drug-delivering aptamers target leukemia stem cells for one-two knockout punch

Drug-carrying DNA aptamers can deliver a one-two punch to leukemia by precisely targeting the elusive cancer stem cells that seed cancer relapses.

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Awards honor excellence in instruction

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign each year presents Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction to exceptional faculty and staff members, graduate teaching assistants and advisors campuswide. This year’s recipients are being honored at a ceremony on April 15.  Awardees are cited for sustained excellence and innovation in undergraduate and graduate teaching, undergraduate […]

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