A team of scientists led by the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified the binding site where...
Scientists know that tumors can develop resistance to cancer drugs. According to an overview in the journal Cancers, cancers will often respond to chemotherapy drugs initially. However,...
Beginning this year, american clinicians and researchers celebrated the news that the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer reached for the first time the...
Mesothelioma is a relatively rare form of cancer and, consequently, it is rarely studied in depth. The most aggressive type of mesothelioma is known...
Embryonal central nervous system tumors such as medulloblastomas and atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors are the most common brain cancers in the childhood. These tumors correspond...
Alkaloids, which are organic compounds produced by plants or microorganisms, have long been used in medicine. One example is morphine, which is extracted from...
A research team from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center reports it has discovered a metabolic vulnerability in multiple types of cancer cells that...
Proteins are large molecules that are absolutely crucial to the health of every single cell in the human body. However, the processes that determine...
Metastasizing breast cancers typically seek out the bones, lungs and brain. Brain metastases are especially dangerous; many women survive for less than a year...
Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease that typically emerges before the age of 20, wipes out the body's ability to produce insulin--a hormone that's...
Researchers at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a hyperactive cell signal that contributes to tumor growth in an aggressive blood cancer....
