A small number of cancer cells with the ability to change their identities and behaviors appear to be a key driver of cancer ...

Of all the types of breast cancer, triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive and lacks specific therapies.

Researchers have uncovered a stealthy way pancreatic cancer disarms the immune system, using tiny molecular messengers to ...

Brain tumors are abnormal growths of cells in or around the brain. They can be primary (originating in the brain) or ...

Some cancer cells don't die; they go quiet, like seeds lying dormant in the soil. These "sleeper cells," scattered throughout the body, can stay inactive for years. But when the body faces a ...

New research reveals that certain brain tumors may originate silently within normal brain cells long before a tumor forms.

A Northwestern Medicine-led study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation has uncovered why older individuals with ...

Researchers have found a reliable way to grow helper T cells from stem cells, solving a major challenge in immune-based ...

One of the newest weapons that scientists have developed against cancer is a type of engineered immune cell known as CAR-NK (natural killer) cells. Similar to CAR-T cells, these cells can be ...

Borrowing a cancer cell’s disguise, scientists shielded insulin-producing cells from attack by the immune system, a breakthrough that could pave the way for targeted type 1 diabetes treatments without ...

There are different types of thyroid cancer, which include papillary, follicular, medullary, anaplastic, and oncocytic. Types of thyroid cancer can develop, grow, and spread in different ways, which ...