cancer

Scientists create tailored drug for aggressive breast cancer

Scientists have used breast cancer cells' weakness against themselves by linking a tumour-selective antibody with a cell-killing drug to destroy…

7 months ago

Geologists, biologists unearth the atomic fingerprints of cancer

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder and Princeton University have, for the first time, employed a tool often used…

7 months ago

Newly discovered mechanism of T-cell control can interfere with cancer immunotherapies

Activated T cells that carry a certain marker protein on their surface are controlled by natural killer (NK) cells, another…

7 months ago

Breast cancer rates rising among Canadian women in their 20s, 30s and 40s

Rates of breast cancer in women under the age of 50 are rising in Canada according to a study which…

8 months ago

New urine-based test detects high-grade prostate cancer, helping men avoid unnecessary biopsies

Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have developed a new urine-based test that addresses a major problem…

8 months ago

Genomic research may help explain cancer resistance in Tasmanian devils

Over the past 30 years, Australia's Tasmanian devil population has been afflicted with an infectious cancer that has pushed the…

9 months ago

New insights into immune system role in lung cancer risk

Recent developments in cancer research have highlighted the vital role of the immune system, particularly in the notable successes of…

10 months ago

Lauren Cheatle to miss rest of season, WPL after skin cancer procedure

Australia left-arm seamer Lauren Cheatle has been ruled out of the rest of the domestic season and the WPL after…

11 months ago

Blood test distinguishes neuroendocrine subtype of advanced prostate cancer

Like a criminal entering a witness protection program, cancer cells can shed their past and take on a new identity.…

11 months ago

Inhalable sensors could enable early lung cancer detection

Using a new technology developed at MIT, diagnosing lung cancer could become as easy as inhaling nanoparticle sensors and then…

11 months ago