The order of cancer-driving mutations—genetic changes—plays an important role in whether tumors in the intestine can develop, ...

UCLA scientists have characterized the structure and function of a key survival protein in breast cancer cells that helps ...

Scientists at Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) have made a major discovery about cancer cells. This new ...

The human P2X4 receptor plays an important role in chronic pain, inflammation and some types of cancer. Researchers at the ...

Scientists searching for new ways to combat cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead in the DNA of the ...

The protein, reverse transcriptase, has become an essential tool for making DNA copies of RNA.

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

It's not surprising that pancreatic cancer is often referred to as a silent killer: With few early symptoms and an aggressive nature, it has one of the lowest survival rates of all cancers.

Cancer cells can brainwash their neighbors. Like the CIA deploying secret agents to turn an enemy, tumors use a similar strategy to manipulate nearby cells. The tumors’ agents are mitochondria, the ...