Scientists at McGill University have found a way to supercharge the immune system’s natural killer (NK) cells, helping them break through the defenses tumors use to stay alive. By temporarily blocking ...

Biochemistry plays an important role in the treatment of disease. Biochemistry incorporates elements of pharmacology, pathology, cell biology, and physiology to explain both the basis and proposed ...

Cancer originates at the genetic micro-molecular level within a cell — resulting in a cascade of subtle biochemical and cellular abnormalities that escape internal patrol — and eventually manifests as ...

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Chemotherapy drugs that target a common mutation in colorectal cancer rapidly lose efficacy in patients, leading to relapse.

It’s now thought that in many cases, cancer cells disseminate from the primary tumor site early on and lie dormant for long periods rather than only venturing out from primary tumors at an advanced ...

B12 is a vitamin which is absolutely crucial for the body. It helps the body produce red blood cells, keeps the nervous ...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) reported that 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. There are almost 14 million new cases diagnosed and approximately 4.5 million deaths ...

Faculty Facilitator of inquiry groups (IQ) for first- and second-year medical students. Topics: the human blueprint, oncology, the GI system, nutrition, energy metabolism & biochemistry, hepatology, ...

The biochemist Nick Lane thinks life first evolved in hydrothermal vents where precursors of metabolism appeared before genetic information. His ideas could lead us to think differently about aging ...

Luisa Escobar-Hoyos envisions a world where a pancreatic cancer diagnosis is no longer a death sentence."Every time I tell people I work on pancreatic ...