Scans that make prostate cancer cells glow can eliminate the need for invasive biopsies and cut false positive—and they're ...

Cancer is caused by faulty genes, but what also shapes a cancer cell's behavior is how a gene's instructions are trimmed and ...

For five decades, scientists have known about a notorious cancer-causing enzyme called SRC. But they always assumed it only ...

An imaging test could safely halve the number of people who need a biopsy for suspected prostate cancer following ...

Scientists at Oregon State University have engineered a powerful new nanomaterial that zeroes in on cancer cells and destroys them from the inside out. Designed to exploit cancer’s unique ...

Researchers in upstate New York are hopeful the work they’re doing may soon lead to new therapies for more cancer ...

Cancer remains one of the world’s most serious health threats, especially when it spreads beyond its original site. That ...

For decades, cancer immunotherapy has focused primarily on CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes as the main executors of tumor cell ...

Lacks’ cervical cancer cells, called “HeLa” after the first two letters of her first and last name, are immortal, continuing to divide when most cells would die. This ability to survive through ...

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

A lipid hidden within cells called phosphatidylserine reveals how the body initiates the removal of threats and cellular debris.

Cancer cell-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) can travel from distant tumors through the bloodstream and kidneys ...