A noninvasive blood test to detect genetic material shed by tumors may help clinicians identify adverse events related to treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitor drugs, investigators at the Johns ...

Use of tanning beds nearly triples the risk of developing melanoma, and it also damages the DNA of skin cells across the body ...

A cutting-edge therapy using base-edited immune cells is offering a major breakthrough for patients with one of the toughest ...

A novel blood test analyzing fragments of cell-free DNA showed robust diagnostic performance for colorectal cancer across clinical subgroups, offering a promising noninvasive screening method.

Scientists at the University College London (UCL) have developed a novel therapy that helps treat patients with T cell acute ...

When archaeologists unearthed small cat bones in China dating back some 5,400 years, they figured cats had been hanging out in early Chinese farming settlements since the Neolithic Period.

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

A new study shows that some widely used BPA replacements can kill cells and disrupt key functions, prompting scientists to ...

Younger donor age (18-35) is crucial for stem cell transplant success and patient survival; superseding related sibling matches and older donor paradigms.

DNA–protein cross-links (DPCs) represent a severe form of DNA damage that can disrupt essential chromatin-based processes. Among them, DNA–histone ...