The story of a cancer-fighting molecule that took half a century to build is really a story about how slow, stubborn ...

Researchers have created tiny metal-based particles that push cancer cells over the edge while leaving healthy cells mostly unharmed. The particles work by increasing internal stress in cancer cells ...

UCLA scientists have characterized the structure and function of a key survival protein in breast cancer cells that helps explain how these tumors resist environmental stress and thrive in acidic, low ...

A team at RMIT University in Melbourne say that extremely small metal particles – which they dub ‘nanodots’ – could be ...

Scientists have long thought that grey hair may be linked to emotional stress. But while that connection feels pretty ...

Scientists have discovered that T cell receptors activate through a hidden spring-like motion that had never been seen before ...

University of Iowa-led study has revealed the unexpected structure adopted by the DNA repair protein RAD52 as it binds and protects replicating DNA in dividing cells. A University of Iowa-led study ...

Cancer cells have an insatiable appetite for energy as they multiply more rapidly than normal cells. Greedy cancer cells hijack various cellular functions to find and exploit energy and other ...

Disrupted sleep schedules may change breast tissue and immune function, helping aggressive breast cancer grow faster.

Seals give birth only when conditions are right. After mating, a female seal can delay implantation of the embryo in the ...