Their makers claim they can detect dozens of cancer types — but some scientists say they could be missing many cancers or ...

A group of natural compounds attracting attention for their anti-aging potential has a dark side. New research shows how a ...

A team of researchers at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified a new pathway through which mutations in the tumor suppressor p53 gene—found very frequently in human tumors—hijack DNA ...

Spermidine, a polyamine, has been linked to longer lifespans, improved health, and lessening memory loss with age, and it’s ...

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have made an important discovery about how genetic mutations in ...

Scientists are developing cancer-eating bacteria designed to grow inside oxygen-free tumors and attack cancer from within.

Cancer often infiltrates a person’s life long before anyone knows it. By the time symptoms arise and an examination indicates the worst, the disease has often been growing for months and sometimes ...

The same cellular renewal that keeps our bodies healthy might also fuel the growth of cancer. A UC Merced biologist has found that the brain could hold the key to stopping it. Professor Néstor Oviedo, ...

The relationship between sugar consumption and cancer development represents one of the most concerning nutritional discoveries of recent decades. While many people understand that excessive sugar ...

Costochondritis is not cancer, but its symptoms can resemble those of some types of cancer. It can also develop after certain ...