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Scientists Find New Ways to Make Cancer Cells Destroy Themselves
Cancer cells have developed ways to survive conditions that would normally damage or destroy them. Now, researchers are investigating several ways to exploit those vulnerabilities, with experiments revealing how physical pressure, targeted protein inhibition and tiny nanoparticles can trigger cancer cell death. The findings come from separate research projects, but they point toward a fascinating…
Scientists Say 1 In 8 Cancer Cases Are Linked To Infections We Can Prevent
with researchers estimating that around 2.3 million cancer cases diagnosed worldwide in 2024 were linked to infections. That works out to roughly 12% of all new cancer cases, meaning about one in every eight cancer diagnoses was attributable to one of 12 cancer-causing infectious agents examined in the study. The finding is striking because several…
Scientists Turned A Probiotic Into A Tiny Chemotherapy Factory
A bacterium commonly used as a probiotic has been genetically redesigned to manufacture chemotherapy inside tumors instead of sending the drug throughout the body. In experiments involving mice with colorectal cancer, the engineered bacteria helped three of seven treated tumors completely regress, while also triggering an immune response that affected cancer beyond the original treatment…
Five Common Infections Were Linked To 2.3 Million Cancer Cases In 2024
Cancer prevention advice usually focuses on familiar targets such as smoking, alcohol, diet, exercise and sun exposure. But a new global analysis has identified another major piece of the puzzle, and it involves infections that millions of people carry without necessarily realizing they could contribute to cancer years later. Researchers estimate that infections were responsible…
Three-Year-Old’s Cancer Vanishes After Just Two Doses Of Experimental Treatment
A three-year-old boy had already endured chemotherapy and surgery when his cancer returned and spread beyond his liver. The disease had reached his lungs, with doctors also concerned that it may have spread to his bones. After conventional treatment failed to stop it, his medical team turned to an experimental approach that uses genetically modified…
Beyond a Devastating Diagnosis: How Targeted Chemotherapy is Transforming Advanced Ovarian Cancer Care
When former nurse Caroline Ainslie received a stage-four ovarian cancer diagnosis, the news was overwhelming. The disease had spread from her ovaries to her liver, lungs, and abdominal cavity, leaving the 60-year-old from Southampton fearing she had less than a year to live. Having spent years working as a divisional head of nursing at University…
China Becomes A New Destination For Patients Seeking Advanced Cancer Care
A cancer diagnosis can force patients to make choices they never imagined. For a growing number of people, that choice now includes boarding a plane and traveling thousands of miles in search of advanced treatment. Shanghai has become an unexpected destination for international cancer patients seeking CAR-T cell therapy, a highly personalized treatment that uses…
Belgian Boy Becomes First Known Child Cured Of Aggressive Brain Tumor
When Lucas was diagnosed with one of the most aggressive forms of childhood brain cancer at just 6 years old, his parents were told what no family ever wants to hear. Doctors expected the disease to take his life, and there was no established drug treatment capable of curing it. Seven years later, Lucas’s tumor…
Native Teen’s Science Fair Experiment Found A Surprising Effect From Traditional Chokecherry Pudding
A traditional Native American food became the center of an unexpected cancer experiment after a high school student decided to investigate something she had grown up seeing in her own community. Destany “Sky” Pete, a Shoshone and Paiute student from the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Idaho and Nevada, wanted to know whether the traditional…
Doctors Thought These Children Had No Hope. An Experimental Therapy Changed Everything
For families facing a diagnosis of an aggressive childhood brain tumor, hope has often been in short supply. Diseases such as diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) have long been considered among the deadliest pediatric cancers, with survival often measured in months despite surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Even after enduring multiple rounds of treatment, many young…