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An mRNA Pioneer Discusses How Her Work Led to the COVID Vaccines

Biochemist Katalin Karikó and her colleague Drew Weissman were recently awarded a $3-million Breakthrough Prize for their work

New DNA Blood Test Could Pinpoint Cancer’s Source in the Body

The assay could also help evaluate organ transplants and fetal genetic disorders

The Quest for Cancer-Detecting Blood Tests Speeds Up

Liquid biopsies show promise for early detection of deadly tumors

How Evolution Helps Us Understand Cancer and Control It

Cells need to cooperate to coexist in people, and when some break the rules, cancer results

We Must Find Ways to Detect Cancer Much Earlier

The job of the oncologist of the future will be to prevent and treat the emergence of disease

Deadly Spread of Some Cancers May Be Driven by a Common Mouth Microbe

An ordinary bacterium can trigger changes in some primary tumors that lead to dangerous metastasis

Experimental Blood Test Detects Cancer up to Four Years before Symptoms Appear

The assay looks for stomach, esophageal, colorectal, lung and liver malignancies

Close-Up Views of Tumors Reveal a New Cancer Biology

RNA sequencing has shown a previously unknown dimension to the way malignant cells work—which could lead to novel treatments

Cancer Patients Face Treatment Delays and Uncertainty as Coronavirus Overwhelms Hospitals

Health care providers are delaying “nonessential” surgeries—and that could hurt some patients

Good News for Dogs with Cancer

New therapies for beloved pets are getting developed in hopes of treating humans as well

Cancer Cells Have “Unsettling” Ability to Hijack the Brain’s Nerves

The startling discovery could open up avenues for treating some aggressive tumors

Darwin’s Ideas on Evolution Drive a Radical New Approach to Cancer Drug Use

Principles of evolution and natural selection drive a radical new approach to drugs and prevention strategies

Nobel Prize for Medicine Goes to Cancer Immune Therapy Pioneers

Two men are recognized for basic research that unleashed the immune system against cancer, becoming a new pillar of therapy

Evolution Research Could Revolutionize Cancer Therapy

Evolutionary studies indicate that the genetic changes enabling a cancer to develop arise shockingly early within the primary tumor. This discovery points to a promising new approach to therapy...

Why Pancreatic Cancer Is on the Rise

Pancreatic cancer will soon be the second-biggest cause of cancer deaths

What's Next after Creating a Cancer-Prevention Vaccine?

A winner of this year’s Lasker Award talks about his work with HPV

Major Cell Phone Radiation Study Reignites Cancer Questions

Exposure to radio-frequency radiation linked to tumor formation in rats

Cancerous Coconspirators: Tumor Cells That Travel Together Spread Cancer

Contrary to expectations, most metastatic tumors are seeded not by single cells from the primary tumor but by clusters of cancer cells

Future of Medicine: How Doctors Boost the Immune System to Fight Cancer [Video]

Antioxidants May Make Cancer Worse

New animal studies explain why supposedly healthy supplements like beta-carotene could exacerbate a dread disease