A clinical trial using engineered immune cells to hunt cancer cells has reported impressive results for solid tumours, a type of cancer that is difficult to treat. Compared with standard ...

Credit: Cancer Cell (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2025.05.002 ... This systemic effect improves cancer-fighting ability and, when combined with checkpoint inhibitors in mice, ...

Structured exercise during chemotherapy and before surgery increases infiltration of cancer-fighting immune cells, particularly CD8 + T cells and natural killer cells, into esophageal tumors.

Chen Y-S, et al. (2021). Dietary spinach reshapes the gut microbiome in an Apc-mutant genetic background: Mechanistic insights from integrated multi-omics.

The cancer cells of some men feature a striking mutation: their Y chromosome is missing altogether. Now, tantalizing research suggests that this mutation can spread ‘contagiously’ from tumour ...

Less than 10 years ago, NPR’s Rob Stein was reporting on what he described as “among the most exciting developments in cancer research in years” — a type of treatment known as CAR T cells.

Discover how researchers have developed CAR-T cells to recognize and attack cancer cells with the Eva1 protein, offering new therapy options. ... A New Tumor-Targeting System for Cancer-Fighting Cells ...

Studies have provided evidence of the effectiveness of CAR T-cell therapy against gastric and brain tumours. The papers, presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical ...

Historically, treatment for blood cancers, relied heavily on chemotherapy. However, this “carpet bombing” approach, apart from destroying cancer cells also affects healthy, rapidly-dividing cells.

A cousin of herpes might just help us fight cancer. Scientists have engineered a protein derived from a herpesvirus in monkeys that could enhance the immune system’s potency against cancer.

Some of the doctors she saw had never heard of that type of cancer, and she had to fight to get approval for ... a ban on textured implants linked to anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a form of cancer.

A new era has opened in Malawi’s cancer response with the country’s hosting, in April, of a high-level delegation of medical and advocacy experts aiming to combat one of its deadliest diseases ...