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Credit: Eric Belfield Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered that a cellular mechanism preferentially protects plant genes from...

Beijing, December 23, 2017: The December 2017 issue includes an editorial, five original research articles, one case study, one systematic...

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- new genetic-based model may explain how a common form of early-stage breast cancer...

Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Newly identified germline variations in a key tumor suppressor gene predispose...

Credit: Tissino et al., 2018 A team of researchers in Italy and Austria has determined that a drug approved to...

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Despite decades of clinical research establishing chemotherapy with thoracic radiation as the standard-of-care for the...

In the Jan. 5, 2018 issue of Science, researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine show that specific strains of...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - A type of soil-dwelling bacterium produces molecules that induce death in melanoma cells, research at Oregon State...

Jan. 4, 2018 - Individuals who have been treated for cancer are at risk for a complication called lymphedema: swelling...

BOSTON - An urgent question for cancer scientists is why immunotherapy achieves dramatic results in some cases but doesn't help...

Credit: IDIBELL Researchers of the Molecular Signaling in Cancer group of the Oncobell program (Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute - IDIBELL)...

RESTON, Va. - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has published appropriate use criteria (AUC) for somatostatin...

New research shows that women who are dissatisfied with the size of their breasts are less likely to carry out...

ATLANTA -January 4, 2018-The cancer death rate dropped 1.7% from 2014 to 2015, continuing a drop that began in 1991...

The New Year is an excellent time to make resolutions for a healthier lifestyle - but by the end of...

Credit: Iavarone Lab, Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY (January 3, 2017)--The fusion of two adjacent genes can cause...

Credit: Anupama Lakshmanan/Caltech In the 1966 science fiction film Fantastic Voyage, a submarine is shrunken down and injected into a...

A virus injected directly into the bloodstream could be used to treat people with aggressive brain tumours, a major new...

Scientists have shown how alcohol damages DNA in stem cells, helping to explain why drinking increases your risk of cancer,...

Credit: The Ottawa Hospital The Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT), a non-profit based in Stamford, Connecticut, dedicated to funding...