Furin is identified as the key enzyme responsible for cleaving the apelin precursor. Inhibiting this cleavage could serve as ...

Excess body weight—including overweight and obesity—is a significant risk factor for cancer. Research from the American Cancer Society estimates that it contributes to approximately 5 percent of ...

Interrupting signals exchanged between tumors and the nervous system could become a critical pillar of cancer care ...

Medically reviewed by Marla Anderson, MD Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that forms in plasma cells, white blood ...

Over the past two decades, the idea of targeting transcription factors to combat malignancies has turned into a clinical reality.

This important study demonstrates the potential of synthetic gene circuits to detect and target aberrant RAS activity in cancer cell lines. The circuit design is novel and the evidence supporting the ...

Chemists at Emory University have invented a reaction to streamline the total synthesis of a compound, phaeocaulisin A, ...

Breast cancers can be classified into subgroups that hint at the aggressiveness of the cancer and the likelihood that the ...

Recent studies show how dietary choices may affect a person's risk of cancer, particularly colorectal cancer, and cancer of ...

Breast cancers at all stages are defined by the structure of their genomes, researchers find. Targeting these processes early is likely to offer unexpected therapeutic avenues.

The immune system plays a key role in detecting and destroying cancer cells. Cancer immunotherapy works by programming immune cells to recognize and eliminate cancer cells.

AI creates anti-cancer molecules for proteins that previously could not be targeted pharmacologically by leveraging quantum ...