Researchers have discovered the key role of the extracellular environment in dictating the ability of mutated cells to induce cancer formation. To form a cancer, cells need to accumulate oncogenic ...

Overuse of smartphones can have a variety of side effects — but is brain cancer one of them? "Cell phones are ubiquitous, and concern about the radiation they emit can cause fear of brain tumor ...

Vaping products may contain substances that could potentially cause cancer in humans. The vapor from e-cigarettes may contain nicotine and toxic chemicals that may be cancer-causing. This article ...

Scientists at Scripps Research, with collaborators in Japan, have discovered how a "poisoned" form of a protein could set off a cascade of events that encourage the growth of some cancers. The ...

Healthy human skin is a mosaic-like collection of both normal and mutation-bearing cells. As people age, a growing number of these cells accumulate more and more mutations including those that can ...

Cancer therapies have come a long way since researchers designed the first radiation and chemotherapy treatments. 1 In the past, most cancer researchers focused on finding a single cure for cancer.

To form a cancer, cells need to accumulate oncogenic mutations that confer tumor-initiating properties. However, recent evidence has shown that oncogenic mutations occur at a surprisingly high ...

In the last two centuries, complete treatments for many diseases, mostly infectious illnesses, have been discovered. The therapeutic targets for these diseases were clear and distinct from body cells.