All drug discovery

A close-up photo of an eye.

February 17, 2025

Why melanoma cells escape the eye and how to potentially stop them 

UIC researchers develop a new peptide to prevent metastatic ocular melanoma

A man and two women in lab coats stand on a white concrete spiral staircase, leaning on a silver railing.

January 28, 2025

How UIC scientists redesigned an effective cancer therapy to make it safer

Redesigned enzyme may prevent side effects in treating leukemia, be effective against other cancers

October 17, 2023

Multi-omics approach unlocks discovery of natural products from bacteria 

College of Pharmacy researchers discovered potential new compounds for synthetic biology

October 25, 2022

New enzyme inhibitor shows promise for treating cancers, autoimmune diseases

Discovery reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie

Ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

January 19, 2022

‘Decoy’ protein works against multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants

Study results are reported in the journal Nature Chemical Biology

Ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

July 28, 2021

UIC awarded $6 million to develop potential COVID-19 treatment

U.S. Department of Defense grant supports pre-clinical research studies

Ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

March 24, 2021

Novel COVID-19 drug blocks viral replication

Rational drug design pays off

Ebola Virus

February 8, 2021

New drug target for Ebola, Marburg viruses

UIC research published in PLOS Pathogens

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August 27, 2020

Phase 1 human trials suggest UIC-developed breast cancer drug is safe, effective

Results published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

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