Implantable microparticles can deliver two cancer therapies at once
Patients with late-stage cancer often have to endure multiple rounds of different types of treatment, which can cause unwanted side…
Patients with late-stage cancer often have to endure multiple rounds of different types of treatment, which can cause unwanted side…
In March 1951, Andrew Ivy — at the time, one of the most renowned scientists and medical ethicists in the…
The most lethal feature of any cancer is metastasis, the spread of cancer cells throughout the body. New research led…
Cancer cells have an innate randomness in their ability to respond to chemotherapy, which is another tool in their arsenal…
The viruses Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) have been linked to several cancers. For the first time,…
Arginine is an amino acid naturally produced by our bodies and plentiful in the fish, meat, and nuts that we…
Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have used a new device to identify a key membrane protein in urine that…
Cancer spreads via circulating tumor cells (CTCs) that travel through the blood to other organs, and they are nearly impossible…
In a study conducted at the University of São Paulo’s Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center (HUG-CELL) in Brazil,…
Mutations in a crucial gene are the key reason that chemotherapy fails in some patients with blood cancer, a study…
What makes pancreatic cancer so deadly is its covert and quick spread. Now, a “time machine” built by Purdue University…
New research has identified potential treatment that could improve the human immune system’s ability to search out and destroy cancer…
Scientists have made major advances in understanding and developing treatments for many cancers by identifying genetic mutations that drive the…
Scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center have identified a protein that operates in tandem with a specific genetic mutation to…
Overweight children and adolescents receiving chemotherapy for treatment of leukemia are less successful battling the disease compared to their lean…
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are found in furniture, electronics, and kitchenware to slow the spread of flames in the event…
Cancer cells can dodge chemotherapy by entering a state that bears similarity to certain kinds of senescence, a type of…
For cancer cells to metastasize, they must first break free of a tumor’s own defenses. Most tumors are sheathed in…
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have combined results from a functional test measuring the effect of inherited variants in the BRCA2…
LA JOLLA–(February 17, 2021) In structural biology, some molecules are so unusual they can only be captured with a unique…
The ongoing fight of science against cancer has made great strides, but cancer cells have not made it easy. The…
OAK BROOK, Ill. – Breast cancer death rates have stopped declining for women in the U.S. younger than age 40,…
Most tumors consist of a heterogenous mix of cells. Genetic mutations found only in some of these cells are known…
Mistaken belief in mythical causes of cancer is rife according to new research jointly funded by Cancer Research UK and…