The expansion of mucus-degraders in the mouse gut—possibly due to poor nutrition—thins the colon’s mucus layer and may weaken defenses against blood-infecting microbes.

A look at some noteworthy scientists who died this year, leaving behind a legacy of research excellence.

The discovery could one day lead to the development of better antinausea medications.

Data from mouse models for mild coronavirus infections and human tissue samples offer further evidence that it doesn’t take a severe infection—or even infection of brain cells at all—to cause long-term neurological symptoms.

Tracking human cancers in mice shows some unexpected cell changes that could undermine translational research.  

Researchers turned white blood cells called neutrophils into drug-smuggling “neutrobots,” which penetrated the blood-brain barrier to treat brain cancer in mice.

The newly minted Baylor College of Medicine faculty member is working to crack the mystery of triple negative breast cancer.

A cancer patient who underwent the new fertility preservation procedure successfully gave birth five years after her immature eggs were collected.

Three-dimensional tissue cultures grown from cancer patients’ own tumors can predict responses to the drug irinotecan.

A prototype in-vein device would collect toxic medications before they reach healthy tissues.

Researchers have developed a prototype device to filter excess chemotherapy medication from the bloodstream.

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

The vesicles promote metastasis after chemotherapy, but the authors say the results shouldn’t alarm patients and may point to ways to improve treatments.