Oregon Health & Science University is getting a major boost in its effort to better understand and eventually treat some of ...

The new method relies on methyl groups, small chemical tags attached to DNA that regulate whether genes are on or off. This ...

Physicians issue reminder to public after TV doctor and CMS chief relays president’s claim on Don Jr podcast ...

A protein that helps cancer cells hide from the immune system may have a critical weakness, according to research that could ...

A new study has identified a molecular guardian that keeps skin cells from forgetting what they are and transforming into aggressive, migratory killers. By stabilizing a master genetic switch, this ...

Whereas most of the cells in a healthy animal’s body get along by following the same set of genetic rules, cancer cells ...

Scientists at UCLA have developed an "off-the-shelf" cell-based immunotherapy that was able to track down and kill pancreatic cancer cells even after they had spread to other organs. In a mouse study, ...

Scientists in Canada have uncovered a surprising weakness in glioblastoma, one of the deadliest brain cancers. They found ...

A new federal study is investigating whether cell phone radiation can cause cancer, but significant research exploring this question already exists. Here’s what we know. As directed by Health ...