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Undergrads Prepare for Careers in Cancer Research through SCI Internships
July 5, 2017
“My mother died of cancer when I was a teenager. At a very young age, I was determined to do something in this field,” said Bethanie Russell, who is among five college undergraduates chosen for a Simmons Cancer Institute (SCI) summer internship working in a lab with cancer researchers.
SIU Med Students Seek Answers to Stroke, Alzheimer's Disease
June 28, 2017
Students swap summer break for science
Bringing balance back: Ear cells regenerated in mammals
June 19, 2017
The inner ear is lined with two types of hair cells that help us to hear and balance. The cells respond to sound waves for hearing and head and body movement for balance. As we age, the cells are injured or die off, and our hearing and balance suffer as a result.
SIU Office of Tech Transfer receives national ranking
May 4, 2017
A national organization promoting economic opportunity has ranked Southern Illinois University Carbondale among its top 100 in the country for technology transfer.
Clinical Trials to Test New Alzheimer's Treatments
May 2, 2017
Center seeks patients, care partners to advance therapies
Microbes May Offer Clues to Improve Endometriosis Care
April 12, 2017
April 12, 2017 – Cells that typically grow in the lining of the uterus can emerge in other places in the abdominal cavity where they don’t belong, resulting in severe pain and infertility.
SIU Med School, Wash U Partner to Explore Rural Cancer Health Disparities
September 24, 2015
NIH grant to fund researcher development, increase cancer research scope
$2.8 Million NIH Grant Advances Hearing Loss Research
August 26, 2015
Aug. 26, 2015 - Southern Illinois University School of Medicine researcher Kathleen Campbell, PhD, professor in the Department of Surgery, has secured a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance her decades of research in hearing loss prevention and treatment.
Could Flaxseed Prevent a Recurrence of Ovarian Cancer?
August 5, 2015
SIU Clinical Trial First to Study Use as Dietary Supplement in Ovarian Cancer Survivors