New fluorescent dyes allow scientists to watch cancer activity inside living cells in real time, opening new possibilities ...

Scientists may have discovered another way the human body tries to protect itself from cancer. New research on mice suggests ...

One of the biggest challenges in cancer research is understanding why some tumor cells become especially aggressive, invasive ...

Scientists have discovered why ovarian cancer spreads so rapidly through the abdomen. Cancer cells enlist normally protective abdominal cells, forming mixed groups that work together to invade new ...

We need investment in precision medicine technologies to start programming cancer against itself, writes Cyriac Roeding.

Researchers have found a way to make cancer-killing immune cells more powerful and precise. By adding specific signaling components, they boosted the cells’ readiness to attack tumors. Surprisingly, ...

Since scientists first discovered that human immune cells could be modified to become cancer-fighting agents, they’ve been trying to engineer a cell that’s effective against solid tumors, which ...