One way cancer specialists detect the disease is by examining cells and bodily fluids under a microscope, a time-consuming ...

Scientists have identified a mirror-image form of the amino acid cysteine that selectively slows the growth of certain ...

Many patients with metastatic cancers receive therapy that is initially highly effective, often resulting in complete remission. However, cancer cells have a remarkable capacity to evolve resistance ...

Blood tests are helpful for monitoring your overall health. But research suggests they can also give us clues about the ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected reason why some cancers return after initially responding to treatment.

Researchers expanded millions of cancer-targeting NK cells from a single donor, improving manufacturing for future therapies.

Drugs made of mRNA have the potential to transform medicine—if only they could get into cells in one piece. Now, University of Connecticut researchers have shown that packaging mRNA like a virus could ...

Florida announced last fall that the state plans to fund research to study the drug as a potential cancer treatment.

A feature of pancreatic cancer cells' surroundings determines whether they grow fast or become resistant to chemotherapy, a ...

A feature of pancreatic cancer cells' surroundings determines whether they grow fast or become resistant to chemotherapy, a new study shows. The ability of these cancer cells to adapt quickly and ...