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Computational biologist Jinghui Zhang of St. Jude realized scientists could work more efficiently with tools and genomic data shared on the cloud.

Fossils reveal the quick death of plants and animals from a massive surge of water after the impact 66 million years ago, which is thought to have spelled the demise of dinosaurs.

At least a handful of patients have developed active TB after receiving cancer treatment designed to boost the immune system’s antitumor response.

A large study seeks to answer whether a man’s childhood diet has transgenerational repercussions.

A group of scientists in northern Norway are using the technique to measure biodiversity’s response to past and present climate change.

The Mount Sinai oncologist studies innate immune cells with the goal of designing novel immunotherapies, including cancer vaccines.

The Michigan State University researcher’s lab experiences shaped her interest in the role of glucose in cancer’s spread.

Similarities in gene expression hint at the origin of a certain type of pancreatic tumor that predominantly afflicts women.

Researchers disentangle how adipocytes communicate with prostate tumors in mice.

The molecular processes that lead males to be more susceptible to the disease are only beginning to come to light.

Mustard gas blistered men’s bodies on the battlefield, but paved the way for cancer-fighting drugs.

A long way into the quest to vanquish cancer, our ears strain to hear the words, “Cancer is cured”—a yearning that can cloud our judgment.