Cancer Research

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have completed a groundbreaking new test: they knocked blood cancer into remission with a single huge dose of viral therapy.

‘This is unprecedented in medicine,’ says researcher after more than half of terminally ill patients experienced complete remission in clinical trials

In breakthrough, researchers in Technion lab of Nobel laureate Aaron Ciechanover discover proteins that affect cancerous cells' growth and development

Gene therapy has been shown in clinical trials to not just treat cancer, but possibly cure it. But are these novel treatments worth the risks?

An Israeli biotechnology company is developing immunotherapy that's designed to prevent cancer from returning.

The nanomachines, built out of a chain of atoms, are driven by light and can kill cells by drilling through the membrane.

Credit: TU Dresden, Frank Buchholz If it burns in a house smoke detectors alert us hence protecting life. A molecular smoke alert has now been developed by Dresden researchers for the TP53 gene, the most important human cancer gene. The alert goes..

Researchers used iridium to effectively target and attack cancer cells, boosting hopes for new treatments.

Engineers and scientists at the University of Texas unveil a diagnosis breakthrough.

The Oral Cancer Foundation The Oral Cancer Foundation is a national public service, IRS registered 501(c)3 head and neck cancer charity, designed to reduce suffering and save lives through prevention, education, research funding, advocacy, and patient support activities. Oral and oropharyngeal cancers are the largest group of those cancers which fall

Science fiction no more -- In an article out today in Nature Biotechnology, scientists were able to show tiny autonomous bots have the potential to function as intelligent delivery vehicles to cure cancer in mice. ...

Genetic manipulation of exosomes, virus-sized particles released by all cells, may offer a new therapeutic approach to treating pancreatic cancer, according to a study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Findings from the study, led by Valerie LeBleu and Sushrut Kamerkar were published in the June 7 online issue of Nature. Earlier MD …

Human trials are set to begin on the treatment, which cured 100 percent of mice during animal trials.

A radical new cancer treatment inspired by patients who seem to ‘shrug off’ the disease could be tested next year. 'Neutrophil' cells are may be a key reason why cancers are rejected.

Melanoma is the cancer of skin pigment cells called melanocytes. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that melanoma will strike an 87,110 people in the U.S. in 2017. A fraction of those melanomas come from pre-existing moles, but the majority of them come from sources unknown -- until now. Cornell researchers have discovered that...

The Food and Drug Administration approved a revolutionary cancer treatment that some say could provide cures for leukemias and lymphomas