The human body relies on precise genetic instructions to function, and cancer begins when these instructions get scrambled.

The human body relies on precise genetic instructions to function, and cancer begins when these instructions get scrambled.

A gene that helped bowheads adapt to frigid Arctic waters also granted them extraordinary longevity. Could it help aging ...

At 24, Lainie Jones was stunned to learn she had breast cancer, followed by lung and thyroid cancers. Then, another diagnosis ...

Scientists at University of California San Diego have developed a new approach to destroying cancer stem cells—hard-to-find ...

A study found that covid-19 vaccines appeared to awaken the immune system in lung and skin cancer patients, helping them live ...

Federal funding has long played a crucial role in supporting research at Duke, a point underscored in a 1989 letter to the ...

The ability of immune cells—particularly CD8+ T cells—to launch a rapid burst of proliferation inside tumors is key to the ...

Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow Maike Morrison builds mathematical tools to quantify and compare biological variation. Her ...

New Curriculum Addresses Critical Shortage of Biomedical Data Scientists While Positioning HBCU Students at Forefront of Precision Medicine Revolution.

For many conditions including immune-related ones, genetics often explains only a small fraction of the differences between ...