One critical factor that makes treating colon cancer challenging is the presence of cancer stem cells. Though typically ...

In a wholly new approach to cancer treatment, Northwestern University biomedical engineers have doubled the effectiveness of chemotherapy in animal experiments.

A new drug was shown to significantly reduce tumor growth in lab studies by up to 77% for melanoma and colorectal cancers.

Cancer cells rapidly adapt to treatments, developing resistance that makes chemotherapy less effective. Researchers used an existing anti-inflammatory drug to disrupt cancer cells’ ability to adapt by ...

Skin cancer surgery is avoidable and a hard lesson to learn, writes Roger George, the Fresno Bee’s fishing expert. Outdoors: Squeamish over squamous cell skin cancer. | Fresno Bee Hunting Fishing ...

Only a small percentage of fat cells are brown, however, and the cold therapy needed to induce this anti-tumor effect might not be safe to use in most patients with cancer (the only human case ...

However, creating a treatment that can self-destruct cancer cells would be a complete game-changer, as it would essentially let the cancer cells kill themselves. Scientists working in a lab.

Once the cancer cells escaped to their hiding places, T cells could not get to them, even if the immune system killed the cancer cells that were serving as cellular bunkers. “It was like seeing ...

Know your enemy, know yourself. It's a centuries-old strategy. But even in the present-day war against cancer, achieving it remains elusive. In many cases, cancer cells blend in with healthy ones.

A cancer cell (blob at right in this 3D rendering) can “punch” its way through a tunnel of tissue (yellow) by extending and retracting blebs (red) through cytoskeletal cracks. M.K. Driscoll et ...

New cells in connective tissue open up strategy against pancreatic cancer Date: April 23, 2025 Source: Umea University Summary: Researchers have discovered a previously unknown type of connective ...