Our immune systems have the thankless jobs of guarding us from bacterial and viral invaders and preventing cancer development. Most of the time, we do not notice this hard work because the invaders ...

Cells aren’t as passive as scientists once thought—they actively create internal currents to move proteins quickly and ...

A cancer drug target already being investigated in clinical trials turns out to be doing something even more consequential ...

Cancer cells may be exploiting a common antioxidant as fuel, revealing a potential weakness that future therapies could ...

Scientists in Canada have uncovered a surprising weakness in glioblastoma, one of the deadliest brain cancers. They found ...

A hidden clue may explain why some mutated cells become cancerous and others don’t: how fast they divide. A new study from researchers at Sinai Health in Toronto reveals that the total time it takes ...

A team of researchers has constructed the most detailed single-cell map of the adult human prostate to date, cataloging more ...

A precision cancer strategy that selectively kills tumour cells while leaving healthy tissue intact may be within reach for the majority of colorectal cancer patients, according to new research ...

A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital and collaborating institutions reveal in the journal Nature a novel mechanism that ...

A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Texas Children’s Hospital and collaborating institutions reveal in the journal Nature a novel mechanism that ...