Researchers have identified a mechanism involving fatty acid metabolism that may determine whether a damaged cell enters senescence and persists in the body or is eliminated through cell death. Published in the journal Cell, ...
Nov 3, 2026
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For decades, scientists have known that a protein made by T cells and natural killer (NK) cells in the immune system, called perforin, can kill tumor cells by punching a hole in the cell wall and injecting proteases called ...
Oct 29, 2026
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Researchers at the University of Cologne have demonstrated that, while various cellular states of small cell lung cancer are equally dependent on the amino acid cysteine, they react differently when deprived of it. While ...
Oct 26, 2026
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A research team at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) has found that obesity prevents a biological process that kills cancerous cells, revealing a possible reason obesity is a risk factor for breast ...
Sep 11, 2026
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has a frustrating ability to adapt. Although this aggressive form of breast cancer can initially respond well to chemotherapy, cancer cells often find ways to survive, allowing the disease ...
Aug 31, 2026
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A study published in Nature Cell Biology reports a new vulnerability in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that might lead to novel therapies to treat the cancer while minimizing harm to normal cells. Researchers at Baylor College ...
Aug 7, 2026
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A protein that can dial down oxidative stress in cells helps some cancers resist treatment with a widely used class of drugs called BTK inhibitors, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. The ...
Aug 4, 2026
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Our population is aging. The United Nations reports that by 2050, the number of people age 85 and older on our planet is set to triple. But a longer life span isn't the same as a longer health span (the number of years we ...
Jul 24, 2026
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A new study by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has identified genetic factors that determine whether prostate cancers are susceptible to a type of cell death known as ferroptosis. These findings, ...
Jul 2, 2026
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Researchers from two Technion faculties have jointly developed a new compound and demonstrated its effectiveness against aggressive tumor cells.
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