Researchers have discovered that cancer cells suppress 'poison exons' -- genetic elements that act as an off switch for protein production -- in a key gene called TRA2 , promoting tumor growth. By ...

A new light-driven cancer therapy uses LEDs and tin nanoflakes to kill tumors safely and affordably. Developed by teams in ...

In cancer, the e1F4a enzyme forces cells to make tons of cancerous proteins. A UCSF team found that the breast cancer drug, zotatifin, turns e1F4a, which normally assists in protein production, into a ...

Scientists at University College London have engineered a rare type of immune cell to kill slow-growing bowel cancer cells that are resistant to current therapies, a breakthrough that could lead to ...

A new cancer treatment discovered by the University of California, San Diego Sanford Stem Cell Institute (SSCI) and developed by Aspera Biomedicines will undergo testing in outer space this spring — ...

Australian researchers found that honeybee venom, particularly its compound melittin, can rapidly kill aggressive breast ...

Cancer kills more than 500,000 Americans each year. But today, thanks to National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding, UC San Francisco researchers are revolutionizing what we thought we knew about how ...

Ultrasound has long been used for helping doctors see inside the body, but focused high frequency sound waves are offering new ways of targeting cancer.

Alternative RNA splicing is like a movie editor cutting and rearranging scenes from the same footage to create different versions of a film. By selecting which scenes to keep and which to leave out, ...