The cells responsible for producing pigment in our hair self-destruct to prevent the spread of harmful mutations ...

Researchers have identified a stress-activated control mechanism that helps breast cancer cells reshape gene activity to ...

Researchers have designed a smart drug that hunts down and breaks a little-known RNA that cancer cells depend on. The drug ...

Researchers found a hidden signal that makes T cells shut down during cancer fights. Turning off this signal reawakens the ...

The first fully biodegradable and biocompatible piezoelectric chitosan nanoparticle uses ultrasound to trigger localized ...

Cells are regularly faced with environmental stresses that may damage or destroy them. To survive, they quickly adjust their ...

A new study has uncovered promising therapeutic strategies against one of the deadliest forms of prostate cancer.

Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are activated to heal the liver when it has a lesion (such as fibrosis or fatty liver); their function is to protect the liver by producing an extracellular matrix ...

For years, it has been a mainstay of treatment to stop the spread of many cancers. But is the removal of lymph nodes – tiny, bean-shaped nodules that filter waste and bacteria – really the best way to ...

New research has identified a paradoxical new way in which cancer cells survive and regrow after targeted therapy: by ...

Researchers have developed an innovative tool that enhances surgeons' ability to detect and remove cancer cells during cryosurgery, a procedure that uses extreme cold to destroy tumors. This ...