A team of Northwestern investigators has discovered novel molecular underpinnings of a common oncogenic mutation in cancer, ...

The human body relies on precise genetic instructions to function, and cancer begins when these instructions get scrambled.

Chemotherapy may soon take a backseat. Experts say targeted therapies—drugs that attack cancer at the genetic level—are ...

The same cell product could potentially be used to treat multiple solid tumors like ovarian, pancreatic and lung cancers.

Molecular biologists have long believed that the beginning of a gene launched the process of transcription—the process by which a segment of DNA is copied into RNA and then RNA helps make the proteins ...

AFRICA: BREAST cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. In sub-Saharan Africa, it is a leading cause of ...

It is not unusual for advanced prostate cancer to become resistant to treatment. Of these resistant cases, some progress to a ...

That breakthrough led to SHIELD, the first FDA-approved blood test for colon cancer, cleared in 2024. The test is ...