Cancer cells possess a remarkable quality called plasticity. This means they can change their form. This ability helps them survive and spread. Cancer cells act like young cells. They can adapt to ...

MIT and Harvard scientists have designed an advanced type of immune cell called a CAR-NK cell that can destroy cancer while ...

In a breakthrough cancer therapy development, scientists at MIT and Harvard Medical School created a new way of designing immune cells that could make “off-the-shelf” cancer medications more potent ...

When Bruce Levine and his colleagues began attempting to engineer immune cells to fight cancer in the 1990s, few people thought they would succeed. “The wider community was very sceptical,” says ...

Scientists have uncovered a sweet twist in the body’s fight against cancer. Glucose, best known as the fuel that powers our cells, also helps immune cells called T cells communicate and organize their ...

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 cells to ...

One of the newest weapons that scientists have developed against cancer is a type of engineered immune cell known as CAR-NK ...

Fasting has long been hailed for its health benefits, from weight loss to improved metabolism, but scientists are now exploring an even more powerful idea: what if a carefully controlled diet that ...

In a new study, researchers from the University of Chicago discovered that zeaxanthin, a plant-derived carotenoid best known for protecting vision, may also act as an immune-boosting compound by ...