Cancer remains one of the world’s most serious health threats, especially when it spreads beyond its original site. That ...

A newly discovered gene switch may help turn chemotherapy-resistant pancreatic cancer into a treatable disease.

Scientists have uncovered new genetic rules that determine whether the immune system’s “killer” T cells remain powerful long-term defenders or become worn out and ineffective. By building a detailed ...

A cancer drug class best known for attacking tumors may also help your immune system remember them better. Researchers at ...

Cancer cell-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) can travel from distant tumors through the bloodstream and kidneys ...

A newly discovered cancer trick that weakens immunotherapy may be stopped by everyday statins.

Cancer cells can brainwash their neighbors. Like the CIA deploying secret agents to turn an enemy, tumors use a similar strategy to manipulate nearby cells. The tumors’ agents are mitochondria, the ...

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 ...

HeLa cells are the most famous human cells in science. Discover how cervical cancer, HPV proteins, and bioethics shaped one ...