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Postdoctoral researcher Sen Zhang, left, and associate professor Sandra Pinho, right posing in a lab.

October 16, 2025

UIC study of blood stem cells asks: Can we slow aging on a cellular level?  

Supplementing with protein platelet factor 4 rejuvenates aged blood stem cells.

October 12, 2025

UIC Community Health and Wellness Fair brings care and connection

With several community partners, the Department of Medicine organized free health screenings at the fair.

Students in a mural class, spring and summer 2025

October 7, 2025

UIC art students uplift UI Health patients with new mural

Plans are to continue the project in the spring semester.

Medical person using a syringe.

October 6, 2025

Lidocaine poisonings rise despite overall drop in local anesthetic toxicity

UIC studies find a 50% increase in lidocaine-related deaths.

A'Lester Allen posing outside, while sitting on a stone ledge with greenery in the background.

October 6, 2025

A’Lester Allen: From creating peptides to creative science

The postdoctoral researcher recently became the first at UIC to receive the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award.

A group of people stand in a windowed hallway at a hospital

September 29, 2025

UI Health helps teens take charge of their sickle cell disease

Patients get unique peer support at S.T.A.R. Clinic.

swimmers and kayakers on the river during the Chicago River Swim, Sept. 21, 2025

September 26, 2025

How UIC’s water testing made Chicago history possible

The open-water swim returned to downtown for the first time in 98 years.

Three women standing in the Judith Behnsen lab.

September 22, 2025

Yeast in gut microbiome can worsen salmonella infection 

The infection is modulated by amino acid produced by fungus.

A group of people stand around a birthing manikin in a lab

September 22, 2025

Nursing shows its newest teaching tool during Simulation Week

Birthing manikin MamaAnne makes her debut for Healthcare Simulation Week.

Kiwook Kim & Teruyuki Sano posing.

September 16, 2025

The small protein with a big part in preventing pulmonary fibrosis

UIC researchers found that the IL-10 protein helps prevent lung inflammation and associated diseases like pulmonary fibrosis.

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