A rare way cells survive extreme stress has just been decoded, with implications reaching far beyond the animal kingdom.

Seals give birth only when conditions are right. After mating, a female seal can delay implantation of the embryo in the ...

The process behind embryonic diapause could explain how cancer cells can survive long periods of metabolic stress.

The dome shaped colonies representing diapause-like mouse embryonic stem cells. (Credit: Tarakhovsky lab) Seals give birth ...

Researchers at MIT and Stanford University have developed a new way to stimulate the immune system to attack tumor cells, ...

JEFFREY Epstein claimed his cellmate tried to kill him just 18 days before his suicide, shocking new documents have revealed.

Inside every human cell, six feet of DNA folds into a nucleus that is only a few micrometers wide, yet still manages to switch genes on and off with exquisite precision. The latest work on ...

Gastric (stomach) cancer remains one of the most common and deadly cancers in East Asia, including Korea. Yet despite its ...

By moving around, some cancer cells force attacking immune cells to just nibble at the edges rather than engulf them ...

EPFL researchers have successfully engineered cells of the immune system to more effectively recognize cancer cells. The work ...

Researchers have created tiny metal-based particles that push cancer cells over the edge while leaving healthy cells mostly unharmed. The particles work by increasing internal stress in cancer cells ...

Such an advancement would allow for one of the most successful non-chemo cancer treatments to be done both faster and cheaper ...