Cancer begins when mutations in specific genes override the body’s built-in controls on cell division, allowing rogue cells ...

An international team led by researchers from the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Germany, has used advanced ...

Ammonia buildup may speed hepatocellular carcinoma in mice. Read more to see how a low-protein diet could slow tumour growth.

From endometriosis and cervical cancer, to diabetes, vitamin D deficiency and pollution exposure, scientists are finding ...

Haunted by the cystic fibrosis patients he could not help, one Iowa doctor commits his life to understanding what is broken deep inside their cells.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most dangerous and difficult cancers to treat. Doctors often struggle to detect it early because the disease usually causes few symptoms in the beginning. By the time ...

Scientists have discovered that a rare “mirror-image” version of the amino acid cysteine can dramatically slow the growth of ...

Scientists have discovered that cells can sense far beyond the surfaces they touch. While individual cancer cells can probe about 10 microns ahead by tugging on surrounding collagen fibers, clusters ...

Cancer’s strongest gene switches push DNA into damaging overdrive, creating repeated breaks and repairs that may fuel tumor ...

Background High serum levels of interleukin 6 (IL-6) predict poor prognosis in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA), a malignancy that often develops in a chronically inflamed milieu . Here, tumour ...

Researchers discovered an antioxidant, glutathione, that cancer cells appear to be "addicted to" as fuel, opening new ...