Cancer

Paris, France, 10 September 2018 - Individualised therapies that target the specific genetic features of tumours have the potential to...

Cancer cells often have mutations in their DNA that can give scientists clues about how the cancer started or which...

Credit: Cat Allison/Nevada Momentum. E-cigarettes have become increasingly popular as a smoke-free alternative to conventional tobacco cigarettes, but the health...

Credit: Barrow Neurological Institute Barrow Neurological Institute has initiated a $50 million effort, supported by the single largest research grant...

Credit: Van Urfalian LOS ANGELES - Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are looking to technology to...

Scientists with the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute say a gene involved in the body's circadian rhythms is a potential...

Participants in the German mammography screening program (MSP) who have invasive breast cancer--including interval cancers--can on the whole undergo more...

Scientists have discovered that some childhood bone cancers start growing years before they are currently diagnosed. Researchers at the Wellcome...

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Aug. 29, 2018 -- Like a medical marathon, physicians run to keep up with metastatic cancer as...

Credit: Photograph by Emma Vought, Medical University of South Carolina A $2 million phase 2 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)...

Credit: Hiroshi Fujii Ph.D., the Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Shinshu University Japanese researchers have revealed for the first time that...

Blood vessels sustain health and proper functioning of our body. A multi-disciplinary team of scientists, led by prof. Peter Carmeliet...

Scientists have discovered a link between certain genetic mutations, the aggressiveness of prostate cancer, risk of developing the disease and...

CHAPEL HILL -- The latest in a series of laboratory breakthroughs could lead to a more effective way to treat...

Credit: Tommie Morelos / TTUHSC El Paso A Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso initiative that is increasing...

An analysis of more than a decade of U.S. nursing home data has shown that breast cancer surgery is associated...

Stephen Elledge, PhD, and his team did not set out to find therapies that could render tumors less resistant to...

Credit: Dr. Yanfang Peipei Zhu, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology LA JOLLA, CA--Neutrophils--short-lived, highly mobile and versatile--outnumber all...

Credit: Dan Graham and Blake Bluestein WASHINGTON, D.C., August 28, 2018 -- Cancer researchers struggle to identify tumor cells that...

Credit: Ralph Weichselbaum and Yang Xin Fu Although the success or failure of radiation therapy for cancer has long been...