Scientists have discovered that a rare “mirror-image” version of the amino acid cysteine can dramatically slow the growth of certain cancers while leaving healthy cells largely untouched. Unlike most ...
Scientists have uncovered a previously overlooked mechanism that may help melanoma cells become effectively “immortal.” ...
Mitochondrial dynamics, governed by the interplay of fission and fusion proteins, are essential for maintaining cellular function and homeostasis. Fission facilitates glycolysis, mitophagy, apoptosis, ...
For decades, oncologists have watched a frustrating pattern repeat itself. Tumors fueled by the MYC protein, one of the most ...
Researchers discovered an antioxidant, glutathione, that cancer cells appear to be "addicted to" as fuel, opening new pathways for investigation and a potential drug that can restrict the way tumors ...
A new study led by NYU Langone Health researchers found that cancer cells are better able to resist treatments when they have an abnormal number of chromosomes, which are DNA strands wound up ...
Chemotherapy drugs like doxorubicin and etoposide work by snapping a cancer cell’s DNA in two. The breaks are supposed to be ...
A thumbnail-sized chip detected pancreatic cancer from blood plasma with 97% accuracy, beating the standard needle biopsy (79 ...
Researchers found a new way to kill harmful “zombie” cells that linger after chemotherapy and help cancers become more ...
CAR T-cell therapy has been hugely successful in treating certain types of tumours, and stiffening up cancer cells beforehand ...