All cancers begin in cells. Our bodies are made up of more than a hundred million million (100,000,000,000,000) cells. Cancer starts with changes in one cell or a small group of cells. Usually, we ...

Cancer begins when cells in the body grow and spread uncontrollably, forming a tumor. How does cancer start in the body? Our body is made up of innumerable cells and the genes present inside the ...

Cancer cells can hijack cell cycles to exponentially increase their numbers, a process called proliferation. Cancer drugs can stop the growth of cancer cells by jumpstarting a complex chain of genetic ...

Each time a cell divides, a small section of each chromosome’s protective cap — the telomere — is worn away. Most cells use an enzyme called telomerase to help mitigate this loss, but 10% to 15% of ...

Cancer cells can brainwash their neighbors. Like the CIA deploying secret agents to turn an enemy, tumors use a similar strategy to manipulate nearby cells. The tumors’ agents are mitochondria, the ...

Image: Breast cancer cells. Credit: Anne Weston. Scientists have discovered how breast cancer cells can ‘hibernate’ to avoid treatment and ‘wake up’ years later – causing a relapse that is more ...

Researchers from the University of Sheffield have found a new form of immunotherapy that could give men with prostate much more time before their cancer becomes resistant to hormone therapy ...