Cells are not passive victims of stress, waiting for damage to accumulate before reacting. They are equipped with intricate early-warning systems that sense trouble long before a tissue fails or a ...

Can sugar help detect pancreatic cancer? Johns Hopkins scientists use modified sugars to label hidden proteins and ramp up ...

MIAMI — When it comes to cancer -- when cells divide abnormally, grow out of control, and destroy tissues, bones, and organs -- a proactive approach significantly increases the chances of early ...

Antibodies combat viruses and bacteria. They also attach themselves to cancer cells - in a typical, characteristic way. Fraunhofer scientists are using this property to detect cancer cells in tissue ...

Circulating tumor cells were first described in 1869 by Thomas Ashworth, an Australian pathologist who observed them in a peripheral blood sample taken from a patient with metastatic cancer. 1 They ...

Prostate cancer affects one in five Australian men, making it the most common cancer in the country. Now, researchers at the ...

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have shown for the first time that it’s possible to detect dormant cancer cells in breast cancer survivors and eliminate them with repurposed drugs, ...

A team of researchers has constructed the most detailed single-cell map of the adult human prostate to date, cataloging more ...

A project at the University of Arizona has designed an endoscope intended to assist early detection of ovarian cancer. Described in Biophotonics Discovery, the project's goal was a submillimeter ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Every October, it seems like there’s a pink ribbon—the universal symbol for breast cancer—everywhere you ...

A small molecule inside your body quietly fuels life every day. It helps your cells turn fat into energy, keeping your heart ...