Scientists have identified a mirror-image form of the amino acid cysteine that selectively slows the growth of certain ...

A dual-action nanomaterial uses cancer’s own chemistry to destroy tumors while leaving healthy cells unharmed.

The hurdle of being able to differentiate between cancer cells and normal cells has been a plague in the war against cancer. Even with notable progress in immunotherapy, the absence of tumor-specific ...

Scientists have discovered why ovarian cancer spreads so rapidly through the abdomen. Cancer cells enlist normally protective ...

Experts have made a massive step forward in the fight against the disease after discovering a way to “reverse the fate” of ...

Mitochondrial dynamics, governed by the interplay of fission and fusion proteins, are essential for maintaining cellular function and homeostasis. Fission facilitates glycolysis, mitophagy, apoptosis, ...

Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare and aggressive form of neuroendocrine skin cancer. While it accounts for a small fraction of ...

Every cell in the human body has a job. Some help us breathe, some help us move, and others help us heal when we are hurt. These cells grow, divide and die in a ...

Researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center have discovered a potentially powerful weapon in the fight against head and neck cancers. The new drug, still in preclinical studies, attacks cancer cells ...