Oak Park boy's death spurs UW-Madison scientist's work on treatment for rare brain cancer

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Original Load Date Sept. 4, 2026, 11 p.m.
Last Updated Sept. 4, 2026, 11 p.m.
Original URL https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/oak-park-boy-death-uw-madison-research-rare-brain-cancer/

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A researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is working on developing treatments for the rare and deadly brain cancer that killed an Oak Park boy, who also happened to once be his daughter's classmate. [ Owen Shaker was just six years old when he died ][1] from diffuse intrinsic pontine glio...