Scientists have discovered how cells decide when to respond to physical forces, potentially opening new avenues for tackling ...

Tumours have developed many strategies and tricks to gain advantages in the body. Led by cell biology professor Sabine Werner, researchers at ETH Zurich have now discovered another surprising trick ...

Cancer cells are known for their “glutamine addiction,” but many can escape this weakness by switching to alternative fuels.

Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive type of brain cancer that is known to be very difficult to treat. One reason why this ...

Scientists have developed a way to turn the body's own immune cells into cancer-fighting agents—without removing them from ...

Cancer survival can be analyzed by individual cells instead of whole tumors, revealing which cell populations drive patient ...

Cancer cells can disarm the immune system not just by hiding from it, but by actively reprogramming nearby immune cells into a suppressed state. This previously unrecognized molecular interaction, ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have identified a previously unknown system inside cells that works like ...

Since scientists first discovered that human immune cells could be modified to become cancer-fighting agents, they’ve been trying to engineer a cell that’s effective against solid tumors, which ...

Rushika M. Perera, the Deborah Cowan Professor and vice chair of the Department of Anatomy, and chief scientific officer of ...

AI could "give the scientific community a way to address the most difficult and urgent questions in human health," argues ...