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Immune system could fight solid tumors, per UI researchers

The immune system could be harnessed to fight more types of cancer than previously thought, according to researchers at the University of Illinois.  When treating cancers without solid tumors, like leukemia and lymphoma, scientists have been able to modify the T cells in a patient’s immune system to attack the cancerous cells. However, that treatment…

217 Today: How Illinois schools are trying to make truancy less punitive

217 Today: How Illinois schools are trying to make truancy less punitive

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Today’s headlines:  Governor J.B. Pritzker welcomed the fall class at the University of Illinois’s Urbana campus Monday, with optimistic words about enrollment and funding. The defense in the perjury case against an aide to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is focusing on a past Madigan investigation. A former midwife at…