Cancer cells are notoriously flexible, taking on new features as they move around the body. Many of these changes are due to ...

The epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a source of cancer cell plasticity and tumour heterogeneity, and is ...

New research tapping into decades-old concepts is challenging the notion that the only way to treat cancer is to kill every ...

Immunotherapy employs patients' own immune systems to fight cancer, and it has shown itself to be an effective treatment in ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new healing mechanism in injured cells called cathartocytosis, in which cells "vomit" out their internal machinery to revert more quickly to a stem cell-like ...

Cancer cells have fewer heavy hydrogen atoms in their lipids as compared to healthy cells. The finding unearths a potential ...

Restoring cellular memory blocks cancer cells from adapting to escape treatment. Northwestern University biomedical engineers have developed a completely new approach to cancer therapy that doubled ...

Certain breast cancer tumors may feed on neighboring fat cells, a new study reveals. It helps uncover why being overweight is linked to higher breast cancer risk.