Tracking how cancer cells develop in real time How these differences in the genome and in epigenetic control arise in cells, and how they are passed on to their daughter and granddaughter cells, has ...

Cells that are about to die send a signal to an executioner protein, but sometimes, those cells can fight back and regenerate ...

The immune system provides constant surveillance for the body, aiming to spot and eliminate disease-causing microbes or ...

Even with breakthroughs, treatment for advanced squamous cell carcinoma is more complex. Patients often need more than one treatment. Many patients with this advanced cancer are cared for by a team of ...

Senescent fibroblasts are aging cells in connective tissue that no longer divide and protect against tumor development. Yet, these same cells can promote cancer growth in a laboratory setting. Until ...

Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified a new way to reprogram T cells, ...

Inflammation hasto fight pathogens fast—but it can't get out of control. Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have now deciphered in more detail how the organism masters this ...

Pancreatic cancer uses a sugar-coated disguise to evade the immune system, helping explain why it’s so hard to treat.

In order to reprogram readily available cells into specific immune cells that fight various diseases, one must know the ...

Scientists have presented a new approach to cancer treatment using mast cells, which are immune cells known for their ability ...

Cancer is a disease that starts with uncontrolled cell division and eventually causes tissue and organ damage. The disease ...