Can a disrupted sleep cycle increase your risk of lung cancer?
Researchers showed a cancer-signature gene is activated in mice with chronic jet lag, causing faster tumor growth in their lungs.
Category: What is the status of cancer research?
What cancers are being studied, what we know about them, and what are the latest findings?
Battling ovarian cancer with light
Researchers engineered a virus to deliver light-sensitive chemicals to ovarian cancer cells and targeted them with a laser. Their new…
Can aspirin slow the spread of breast cancer?
Breast cancer is a common cancer that affects women worldwide. When cancerous cells spread to other parts of the body, a process known as…
A safer approach to gene editing
Researchers used virus proteins to deliver the CRISPR system into cells for faster and safer gene editing.
Boosting immune cells to better fight cancer
Scientists found blocking a specific protein from some immune cells can boost their ability to fight cancer.
How well does the HPV vaccine prevent cervical cancer?
Scientists conducted a follow-up on the Costa Rica HPV vaccine trial after 11 years. They showed the HPV vaccine almost perfectly prevents…
Editing traitorous genes to fight cancer
Scientists deleted genes responsible for "traitorous cells" that stop the immune system from fighting brain cancer.
New study on immunotherapy for bone cancer
A study in mice tested the effectiveness of an oncolytic, or cancer-destroying, virus called Delta-24-ACT. The treatment group developed…
A protein that lets the immune system “see” lung cancer
Personalized cancer treatment is on the rise. Cancer is not just one disease but thousands of different types and subtypes that each respond…
How the HPV virus causes cells to become cancer
By analyzing cervical tissue of women who had hysterectomies, researchers found that the virus sets off a domino effect in the tissue that…