Proteins play a central role in virtually every disease. They are the building blocks of life, serving as essential components…
An interdisciplinary research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), the InnoHK Laboratory…
Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the 'powerhouses' of…
Adding immunotherapy to a new type of inhibitor that targets multiple forms of the cancer-causing gene mutation KRAS kept pancreatic…
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and a significant health issue, with millions of non-melanoma…
Metastatic melanoma, also known as stage IV melanoma, is a type of skin cancer that spreads to other parts of…
Changes to the intermediate filament (IF) protein, vimentin, were found to promote tumour growth by increasing cancer stemness in an…
A new drug delivery system shows promise for treating a rare, aggressive form of cancer affecting pregnant women and new…
Prolonged illnesses like cancer and chronic infections often leave the immune system in a state of exhaustion, where its frontline…
Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) harboring BRAF V600E mutations benefitted from first-line treatment with the targeted therapies encorafenib and…