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Gene editing can knock out genes crucial to cervical tumor cells’ survival, researchers report.

Through his studies on cancer-causing viruses, the University of California, Los Angeles, professor has helped develop lifesaving treatments.

By infecting glioblastoma cells but not healthy brain tissue, some form of the virus could serve a therapeutic purpose.

Studies point to a role for physical activity in fighting malignancies, improving treatment outcomes, and fostering overall health in patients.

Only an equal mixture of THC and CBD has been adequately tested, and it failed to alleviate pain in cancer patients.

Ben Franklin was right. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Researchers uncover the “body-snatching” tactics of fungi that flourish immediately after wildfires.

Injecting the seasonal flu vaccine directly into clumps of malignant cells recruits immune cells to confront the cancer.

Autonomous, living microrobots that seek and destroy cancer are not as futuristic as one might imagine, thanks to a fusion of robotics and synthetic biology.

New therapeutic approaches in oncology aim to manipulate or block cancer’s adaptation to treatment.

Researchers could one day use the method to deliver antibiotics to topical wounds infected by hard-to-treat masses of bacteria.

The host transcriptional signature elicited by the coronavirus appears to be less robust and lacks the induction of key antiviral genes.