ANN ARBOR--Honeycomb-like arrays of tiny, lab-grown cancers could one day help doctors zero in on individualized treatments for ovarian cancer, ...

By connecting highly effective cancer immunotherapy drugs such as anti-CTLA4 (ipilimumab) and anti-PD-L1 (atezolizumab) to peptides that bind to tissues ...

(New York, NY - November 8, 2017)-- Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have created the ...

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Elevated levels of chronic stress hormones, such as those produced by psychological distress, ...

Credit: A. Goodman/Rice University Researchers investigating ways to deliver high doses of cancer-killing drugs inside tumors have shown they can ...

Credit: NIH Chronic inflammation is known to drive many cancers, especially liver cancer. Researchers have long thought that's because inflammation ...

The busy world inside a cell is directed by its DNA blueprint. When the blueprints are altered, cells can sicken, ...

An enzyme that is responsible for the breakdown of specific amino acids in food plays a key role in the ...

Personalized medicine -- health care tailored to the individual patient -- not only involves the use of prescription medications but ...

Credit: LIH Natural Killer (NK) cells, lymphocytes of the innate immune system with strong cytotoxic activity, play a major role ...

Credit: UVA Health System In its latest pioneering effort to harness the power of focused ultrasound to battle disease, the ...

The epidermis, the outermost part of our skin, is our most important protection towards the outside world. Our ability to ...

Credit: University of Leicester University and MRC researchers have developed a new platform for assessing anti-cancer drug efficacy in lung ...

Dietary intake of isoflavones was linked with an elevated risk of advanced prostate cancer in a recent International Journal of ...

Bottom Line: Adipocytes, or fat cells, can absorb and metabolize the chemotherapeutic agent daunorubicin, reducing the effectiveness of the drug ...

Dr Cristina Lo Celso, a Reader in Stem Cell Biology at Imperial College London, has been announced as the winner ...

Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III/Keck Medicine of USC LOS ANGELES - Considered a safe and highly effective contraception method, intrauterine devices ...

On Nov. 26, Altria, Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco companies will begin to publish court-ordered "corrective statements" ...

SEATTLE -- Nov. 7, 2017 -- A new category of immunotherapies called checkpoint inhibitors that has been highly effective against ...

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Cancer cells consume exorbitant amounts of glucose, a key source of energy, and shutting ...