There has been a missing puzzle piece in phase separation and its role in cancer. Now, researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer ...

Researchers have discovered the key role of the extracellular environment in dictating the ability of mutated cells to induce cancer formation. To form a cancer, cells need to accumulate oncogenic ...

Scientists at Scripps Research, with collaborators in Japan, have discovered how a "poisoned" form of a protein could set off a cascade of events that encourage the growth of some cancers. The ...

I still recall my disappointment one day in 2015. I received the tumor DNA sequencing results for one of my patients, whose cancer had spread from her lungs to her brain. I saw not a single genetic ...

In a recent study published in the Trends in Cell Biology journal, researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) reviewed the importance of the circadian rhythm in the formation and ...

In the last two centuries, complete treatments for many diseases, mostly infectious illnesses, have been discovered. The therapeutic targets for these diseases were clear and distinct from body cells.

Blood clots form in response to signals from the lungs of cancer patients -- not from other organ sites, as previously thought -- according to a preclinical study. Clots are the second-leading cause ...

Overuse of smartphones can have a variety of side effects — but is brain cancer one of them? "Cell phones are ubiquitous, and concern about the radiation they emit can cause fear of brain tumor ...

Share on Pinterest New research suggests an anti-inflammatory diet may improve outcomes for people with stage 3 colon cancer. GMVozd/Getty Images An anti-inflammatory diet may be beneficial for colon ...