There is little evidence that antihypertensive drugs worsen COVID-19, and scientists are instead exploring the idea that such medications—or their downstream effects—may actually alleviate symptoms.

The South African scientist fought for women’s access to healthcare in disadvantaged communities.

See physicist Hadiyah-Nicole Green, this month’s Scientist to Watch, describe her research into using lasers to treat solid tumors.

Researchers find connective tissue has a crucial role to play in whether cancer cells metastasize.

A look at the molecular processes that may feed into the tumor-fighting effects of physical activity

Meet some of the people featured in the April 2020 issue of The Scientist.

Spurred by family tragedy, the medical physicist wants to treat cancer in a new way.

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

Strategies to trick, manipulate, and direct the evolution of tumors