ResearchersfromWashingtonUniversityinSt.Louisfoundthat,whilerapidlydividingyetaberrantstemcellsareamajorsourceofcancer,maturecellsalsoplayakeyroleininitiatingca
ResearchersatWashingtonUniversitySchoolofMedicineinSt.Louishaveidentifiedawaytopreventfatcellsfromgrowinglarger,aprocessthatleadstoweightgainandobesity.Byactiva
Scientistsareexpandingthegeneticcodeoflife,usingman-madeDNAtocreateasemi-syntheticstrainofbacteria–andnewresearchshowsthosealteredmicrobesactuallyworkedtoproduc
AgroupofAmericanscientistshavefoundanewpossibilitytocureleukemia,adeadlydiseasethatknocksdownpatientsasyoungasonlysevenyearsold,theresultsofanewstudypublishedMo
Metalfromtheasteroidthatcausedtheextinctionofthedinosaurscanbeusedtotargetanddestroycancercells,accordingareportpublishedbytheUniversityofWarwick.Thereportsaidr
Insteadofgettingchemotherapyorwaitingforhematopoieticstemcelltransplantation,a12-year-oldgirlfromsouthwestChina'sChongqingMunicipalitywassavedbyanon-conventiona
Thatpeskywisdomtoothyou'regladyougotridofisapparentlyagreatsourceofstemcellsthatcouldsavelives.However,it'snoteasygettingtothetoothrootpulpthatcontainsthosecell
ScientistshavefoundapotentialnewwaytoattackEbola,thedeadlyvirusravagingWestAfricajusttwoyearsago,accordingtoastudypublishedTuesdayinmBio,anopen-accessjournaloft
It'sdifficulttospotcancercells--justoneinabillionbloodcellsarecancerous.Howdoyouisolatethemtoknowthetroublesomeoneisfacingandeventuallytreatit?Bydrawingthekindo
BacterialcellstreatedwithacommonantibiotichavebeenspottedchangingshapetosurvivewhileaboardtheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS).Thewaybacteriaactinnear-zerogravitye
TheZikaviruscanunleashhavoconthebrainofadevelopingfetus,butitsdestructivepowermayalsobeharnessedtofightastubbornformofadultbraincancer,researcherssaidTuesday.Ea
USregulatorsonWednesdayapprovedthefirstgenetherapyagainstcancer--atreatmentthatusesapatient'sownimmunecellstofightleukemia--openinganewerainthefightagainstoneof
ScientistsatOhioStateUniversityhavedevelopedanewmethodthathasthecapabilityofchangingthebody'sexistingcellsintonewcellstopromotehealing.Themethod,calledTissueNan
TheoutstandingprogressinboostingtheimmunesystemtotreatcancermayhelpunlockacureforHIV,accordingtoscientistsmeetinginParis.Thebody'snormaldefencesstruggletocleart
HIVexpertsataninternationalconferencestartingonSaturdayarekeenlycourtingcolleaguesinoncologytoexplorewhetheradvancesinharnessingtheimmunesystemagainstcancercanh
New research at the University of California, Berkeley, indicates that the rubber-like elasticity of skin, which contracts to its original shape after being stretched, is key to the development of regularly spaced hairs and sweat glands during development.
Twoexperimentaltreatmentsforskincancer,tailor-madetotargetaparticularpatient'stumours,provedsafeinsmall-scaletrials,theirdevelopersreportedWednesday.Thevaccines