Glioblastoma has a grim reputation among brain cancers, and for good reason. It tends to weave itself into surrounding healthy brain tissue, which makes complete surgical removal nearly impossible without risking damage to areas surgeons need to protect. The blood-brain... Continue Reading →
Doctors have known for years that many solid tumors are threaded through with nerves, but exactly how those nerves get there has stayed murky. A new study from the University of Oklahoma, published in Cell Death & Differentiation, finally maps... Continue Reading →
Linus Pauling won two unshared Nobel Prizes and helped establish our modern understanding of the chemical bond. Late in his career, he became convinced that megadoses of vitamin C could treat cancer, a claim that made him, in the eyes... Continue Reading →
To grow as fast as they do, cancer cells push certain genes to work far harder than any healthy cell would tolerate. A new study in Science Advances suggests that this relentless overdrive doesn't just fuel growth, it may also... Continue Reading →
A new mouse study offers the first direct evidence that inherited genetic background shapes not just cancer risk, but the specific path a tumor takes as it evolves from a single damaged cell.
Oregon State University researchers coated mRNA-carrying nanoparticles with mannose, a sugar the brain's blood-brain barrier can't resist, and used it to fight glioblastoma in mice.
A surprising USC study found that young non-smokers with unusually healthy diets had higher rates of lung cancer than the general population — and researchers suspect pesticide residue on produce may be why.
A new clinical study is adding a surprising ally to the fight against breast cancer: vitamin D. Researchers found that women who took a relatively modest daily supplement of vitamin D while undergoing chemotherapy were nearly twice as likely to... Continue Reading →
Ever notice that as you get older, some foods no longer sit with you the same? This could be due to a breakdown of the intestinal epithelium, a single layer of cells that forms the organ’s lining. The intestine plays... Continue Reading →