The ability of mutations to cause cancer depends on how fast they force cells to divide, Sinai Health researchers have found. The study, led by Dr. Rod Bremner, a Senior Investigator at the ...

Cells in the human body accumulate cancer-promoting mutations throughout their lifespan, yet these mutations rarely drive tumour formation. Tumours in a given tissue usually originate from a specific ...

Short bouts of exercise can protect against bowel cancer, according to a study, giving researchers hopes for new cancer ...

In 2016, Colinda Scheele, a cancer biologist at Catholic University Leuven, was studying how chemotherapy affects breast cancer cells in mice. However, she observed an inconsistency: Some cell ...

Research by UMass Chan Medical School scientists Sharon Cantor, PhD, and Jenna M. Whalen, PhD, poses a new explanation for how cancer-fighting drugs attack and destroy BRCA1 and BRCA2 tumor cells.

A study led by researchers from Tennessee State University, USA, has found that methanolic extracts of sweet potato leaves and stems can inhibit the growth of breast and lung cancer cells. The ...