Aggressive cancer cells are masters of movement. When they spread through the body, they cause metastasis, which significantly reduces a person's chance of survival. For this spreading to take place, ...

Donald Weaver, a professor of neurology and specialist at the University of Toronto in Canada, said he had long questioned why "so few Alzheimer’s patients have a history of cancer." Most people with ...

When blood cancer cells break through the bone and multiply, tumor cells become dangerously diverse and the immune response in the region changes, report researchers from Berlin and Heidelberg in ...

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Cancer cells can break down the protective covers around nerves, causing nerve injury that triggers chronic inflammation leading to immune exhaustion and eventual resistance to immunotherapy, ...

In many cells of the human body, hair-like protrusions known as cilia act as antennae, allowing cells to receive signals from their environment and other cells. As cells grow and divide, each cilium ...

A new study from Aarhus University shows that our cells’ ability to clean out old protein clumps, known as aggregates, also includes a partnership with an engine that breaks down bigger pieces into ...