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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.

Stem cells can postpone their own death to aid healing

Already known for their shape-shifting abilities, stem cells can now add "death-defying" to their list of remarkable qualities.

8 May 2020

Researchers discover new therapeutic targets for cancer, male infertility

Researchers analyzed 13,000 tumors, highlighting two formerly overlooked genes as promising new therapeutic targets for treating cancer.

7 May 2020

Novel mechanism allows the immune system to control autoimmunity, cancer

Scientists at the Department of Infection and Immunity of the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) revealed a novel mechanism through which the immune system can control autoimmunity and cancer.

7 May 2020

Anti-cancer medicine could improve current therapy for ER+ breast cancer

The anti-cancer medicine venetoclax could improve the current therapy for estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer - the most common form of breast cancer in Australia - according to preclinical studies led by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers.

7 May 2020

Researchers demonstrate a potential solution for treating corneal scarring

Infection, inflammation, trauma, disease, contact lenses - all of these and more can lead to corneal scarring, which according to the World Health Organization is a leading cause of blindness worldwide.

7 May 2020

Project Expands Use Of Metal Catalysts For Drug Discovery

The use of metals in drug delivery could offer major benefits, including allowing for lower dosages of a medication to achieve therapeutic effects.

7 May 2020

How Small Chromosomes Compete With Big Ones For A Cell's Attention

From avocado plants to yeast, sexually reproducing organisms must create germ cells that contain half the number of chromosomes found in a typical body cell.

7 May 2020

Small Red Blood Cells Could Indicate Cancer

Having abnormally small red blood cells, a condition known as microcytosis could indicate cancer, according to new research led by a University of Exeter.

7 May 2020

Geneticists Revealed New Potential Causes Of Female Infertility

Over the last six years, a group of geneticists has studied genes associated primarily with female hormone synthesis and ovarian follicle development.

7 May 2020

Study shows the significance of genetics evaluation and testing for solid tumor cancers

A new study performed by Cleveland Clinic has underscored the significance of genetic testing and genetic evaluation for young adults, adolescents, and children suffering from solid tumor cancers.

6 May 2020

New tool may shed more light on neurodegenerative diseases

About 350 years ago, Robert Hooke provided an initial description of a cell in Micrographia, and since then, microscopy has played a major role in figuring out life’s rules.

6 May 2020

Bacterial Enzyme Activity Could Lead To New Sugar-Based Drugs

Researchers from DTU Biosustain and DTU Bioengineering have elucidated the activity of the enzyme GH109 whose mechanism of activity has been a mystery.

5 May 2020

Different Kinds Of White Fat Are Important In Disease

Excess white fat causes obesity, which in turn can drive metabolic diseases that are growing at epidemic rates around the world.

5 May 2020

'Unnecessary' Genetic Complexity: A Spanner In The Works?

The massive international effort to map the entire human genome, completed in 2003, opened a new field we now know as personalized medicine.

5 May 2020

Infrared spectroscopy reveals DNA molecular processes in real time

DNA strand breaks can play a role in the aging process. Now, with infrared spectroscopy, scientists have visualized the processes that take place at breaks.

4 May 2020

Study shows how mutational signatures are shaped by DNA repair pathways

A research team has examined more than 2700 genomes from C. elegans worms to gain a better understanding on the causes responsible for mutations.

4 May 2020

New antimicrobial peptide proves more effective in fighting drug-resistant bacteria

Through serendipity, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health considerably reduced the toxicity of a potential antibiotic against the most feared drug-resistant bacteria, while also improving its stability in fighting infections.

4 May 2020