Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the HI-STEM Stem Cell Institute have deciphered a key mechanism ...

The first clinical trial to test the tumour-fighting power of a stem-cell-like class of long-lived immune cells suggests that ...

A new way of using umbilical cord blood for treating blood diseases could make the treatment more accessible to patients who need a stem cell transplant. A Phase II clinical trial of patients ...

New research has identified a protein that could serve as both a biomarker and therapeutic target to weaken stem-like cancer ...

Below are summaries of recent Fred Hutch Cancer Center research findings, patient stories and other news. May is the awareness month for skin and bladder cancers, melanoma and mental health. To ...

Cancer immunotherapy is built on a simple but powerful idea: the immune system can recognize and destroy cancer cells if it ...

Scientists at University of California San Diego have developed a new approach to destroying cancer stem cells – hard-to-find cells that help cancers spread, come back after treatment and resist ...

Last year, more than 70,000 people in the United States were diagnosed with head and neck cancers, and its rates have steadily risen worldwide. These cancers arise from squamous epithelial cells ...

When you were first conceived, you were a single cell. From this basic fact, we can extrapolate a few things, most especially that all the cells that make up your body today came (indirectly) from ...