Cancer Biology

Fruit fly "cancer avatars" recreate mutations in tumors for personalized treatment

Using fruit flies to mirror the tumors of patients can help with difficult to treat cancers

Instead of a colonoscopy, a new screen tests poop for colorectal cancer-related bacteria

Testing for the bacterium Parvimonas micra in stool may present an alternative to a colonoscopy

To stop pancreatic cancer from spreading, cut out the chatter

By switching off cell-to-cell communication, researchers turned cancer’s bazooka into a rubber pistol

Who owns your cells?

Property rights get messy when DNA is involved

BRCA genes are more complicated than most people think

Genes long considered risk factors are about much more than cancer: they help DNA repair

Why there probably won't be a 'magic bullet' for cancer

Researchers increasingly view the disease as a sprawling, evolving metropolis of cells

We're beginning to understand the 'tumor microenvironment' that makes cancer so resilient

The cellular processes that help tumors thrive in the body are a promising new target for cancer treatments