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Cancer begins in your cells, which are the building blocks of your body. Normally, your body forms new cells as you need them, replacing old cells that die. Sometimes this process goes wrong. New cells grow even when you don't need them, and old cells don't die when they should. These extra cells can form a mass called a tumor. Tumors can be benign or malignant. Benign tumors aren't cancer while malignant ones are. Cells from malignant tumors can invade nearby tissues. They can also break away and spread to other parts of the body.

Lipid Nanoparticles Reprogram NK Cells Internally to Eliminate Cancerous T Cells

MIT engineers have developed a new way to program natural killer (NK) immune cells to target cancerous T cells or T cells that have become autoreactive, leading to diseases such as lymphoma and autoimmune hepatitis.

14 Oct 2026

New AI Model Decodes the Language of Immune Cell Movement

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and collaborating institutions in Texas developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that helps explain how immune cells find their way to specific locations in the body and why they avoid others.

14 Oct 2026

Massive Tumor Cell Analysis Reveals Secret Mechanism Behind Pancreatic Cancer Resistance

A new analysis of nearly half a million cells from dozens of pancreatic tumors, led by researchers at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center and New York University (NYU), reveals how pancreatic cancer cells continuously reshape their genetic makeup over time, enabling them to evade treatment.

14 Oct 2026

Transcriptional Repression Mechanism Prevents Protective Immune Pathways From Triggering Autoimmunity

A preclinical study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center has discovered how a protein called ZBTB44 helps prevent excessive immune activity that can cause inflammation in the colon, the main section of the large intestine. The findings, published in Nature Immunology, may help explain how immune responses go awry in a range of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases

13 Oct 2026

Researchers Capture Real-Time Molecular Movie of Penicillin Enzymatic Ring Closure

Researchers from the University of Oxford and international collaborators have revealed previously unseen rapid chemical stages in the formation of β-lactam antibiotics like penicillin, offering insights that can support future antibiotic development.

10 Oct 2026

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Maps Neuroblastoma Intratumoral Heterogeneity

Neuroblastoma is the most common solid tumor found outside of the brain in children, yet why some children respond well to treatment while others do not has remained poorly understood. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists and their collaborators built one of the most comprehensive datasets of neuroblastoma cells to date, using it to define the tumor's cell types and identify a gene signature marking a malignant cell population tied to poor prognosis.

10 Oct 2026

Mission Success: Australian Cancer Research Returns From Space

Human stem cells from Adelaide University’s Centre for Cancer Biology have successfully travelled to the edge of space and back as part of a landmark mission for Australian cancer research.

9 Oct 2026

Retrotransposon Reactivation Suggests Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Lower Cancer Risk

A tumor suppressor gene known as p53 is mutated in more than half of all cancers, but how it acts to prevent cancer formation is largely unknown.

9 Oct 2026

Studies Redefine Lactation Biology Through Computational Multi-Omics and Mammary Metabolic Modeling

A study led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine identified shared molecular patterns in human milk that link maternal nutrition, mammary gland biology, and infant growth.

9 Oct 2026

Enzyme Knockdown Repolarizes Immune Cells for Targeted Immunotherapy

Our bodies contain immune cells called macrophages.

8 Oct 2026

Aldabra Giant Tortoise Genome Provides Evolutionary Blueprint for Cellular Resilience

Researchers studying a giant tortoise named Jonathan say it's not just good genes, but lack of genetic wear and tear that have kept him going for nearly two centuries.

8 Oct 2026

Mitochondrial Genome Dynamics Influence Intrinsic Tumor Aggressiveness

Mitochondria are small organelles within cells that play a central role in vital cellular processes, especially energy production.

8 Oct 2026

Poor Antibody Validation Risks Wasting Millions of Research Samples

A widespread failure to validate research antibodies before use is estimated to lead to the avoidable waste of millions of animal and human tissue samples worldwide, and an international expert panel has reached consensus on how to address the problem, according to two studies published October 6th in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Harvinder Virk of the University of Leicester, UK, and colleagues.

7 Oct 2026

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Cellular Heterogeneity Across Distinct Anatomical Prostate Zones

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a distinct type of prostate cell that may help solve the long-standing mystery of why benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) - a noncancerous enlargement of the prostate that commonly affects men as they age - develops almost exclusively in one region of the prostate.

7 Oct 2026

Higher-Order Receptor Clustering Acts as Hidden Lymphangiogenic Signal Amplifier

Lymphatic vessels act as the body's "drainage system," collecting excess fluid from tissues. When lymphatic drainage is impaired because lymphatic vessels are underdeveloped, damaged, or dysfunctional, lymphedema can develop, causing swelling, particularly in the arms and legs.

6 Oct 2026

Undigested Cellular Waste Secretes Toxic Signals That Zombify Surrounding Tissue

As we grow older, our bodies accumulate "zombie cells"-living cells that have stopped dividing or functioning normally-but linger in our tissues, contributing to chronic inflammation and age-related diseases.

6 Oct 2026

Novel Two-Dimensional Mapping Combines Generation Probability with Somatic Hypermutation

A research team led by Associate Professor Yohei Funakoshi, Associate Professor Kimikazu Yakushijin, and Professor Hironobu Minami of the Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology at Kobe University Hospital, together with Associate Professor Goh Ohji of the Division of Infectious Disease Therapeutics and Takaji Matsutani of Anymics Inc., has developed the pGen-SHM plot.

5 Oct 2026

Deciphering Bacterial Antiviral Defenses Aids Design of Immune-Evading Phages

In the fight to find better treatments for bacterial infections, one rapidly evolving therapy is a group of viruses called bacteriophages (phages). Phages can attack and kill dangerous bacteria while leaving human cells unharmed and bypassing antibiotic resistance.

5 Oct 2026

USP15 Protein May Help Ovarian Cancer Resist Chemotherapy

Blocking USP15 in ovarian cancer cells disrupts growth and enhances chemotherapy sensitivity, revealing a potential target for overcoming treatment resistance.

1 Oct 2026

Experts Extend Lives of Animals By Activating ‘Energy Saver’ Mode

The study, published today in Aging Cell, found strong evidence that triggering a protein governing energy level may help organisms live longer, in some cases by over 25%.

1 Oct 2026

Cancer News and Research

Lipid Nanoparticles Reprogram NK Cells Internally to Eliminate Cancerous T Cells

New AI Model Decodes the Language of Immune Cell Movement

Massive Tumor Cell Analysis Reveals Secret Mechanism Behind Pancreatic Cancer Resistance

Transcriptional Repression Mechanism Prevents Protective Immune Pathways From Triggering Autoimmunity

Researchers Capture Real-Time Molecular Movie of Penicillin Enzymatic Ring Closure

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Maps Neuroblastoma Intratumoral Heterogeneity

Mission Success: Australian Cancer Research Returns From Space

Retrotransposon Reactivation Suggests Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Lower Cancer Risk

Studies Redefine Lactation Biology Through Computational Multi-Omics and Mammary Metabolic Modeling

Enzyme Knockdown Repolarizes Immune Cells for Targeted Immunotherapy

Aldabra Giant Tortoise Genome Provides Evolutionary Blueprint for Cellular Resilience

Mitochondrial Genome Dynamics Influence Intrinsic Tumor Aggressiveness

Poor Antibody Validation Risks Wasting Millions of Research Samples

Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Cellular Heterogeneity Across Distinct Anatomical Prostate Zones

Higher-Order Receptor Clustering Acts as Hidden Lymphangiogenic Signal Amplifier

Undigested Cellular Waste Secretes Toxic Signals That Zombify Surrounding Tissue

Novel Two-Dimensional Mapping Combines Generation Probability with Somatic Hypermutation

Deciphering Bacterial Antiviral Defenses Aids Design of Immune-Evading Phages

USP15 Protein May Help Ovarian Cancer Resist Chemotherapy

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