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New research suggests that Toxoplasma gondii, the brain parasite infamously spread by pet cats, is linked to a greater risk of brain cancer.

Parasite Spread to Humans by Pet Cats Linked to Brain Cancer

By Dan Robitzski

After being arrested in late 2019 for attempting to take biological samples with him to China, cancer researcher Zaosong Zheng was sentenced to time served.

Cancer Researcher Sentenced for Stealing Biological Samples

By Dan Robitzski

COVID-19 is on track to become the leading cause of death in the U.S., beating the daily death tolls for cancer and heart disease combined.

Daily Coronavirus Deaths Top Heart Disease and Cancer Combined

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are using viruses harvested from common plants to create cancer immunotherapies — and they've already proven to be effective in animal models.

This Strange Plant Virus Could Treat Many Cancers

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have found a way to biosynthesize tiny gold nanoparticles directly within cancer cells to aid in x-ray imaging — and to destroy them.

Doctors Say They Can Kill Tumors by Growing Gold Inside Them

By Victor Tangermann

Newly-discovered bacteria can help neutralize dangerous toxins, potentially leading to a new way to clean Superfund sites.

Scientists Find Bacteria That Devours Cancer-Causing Pollutants

By Dan Robitzski

A team of Chinese researchers claim their blood test can detect five types of cancer in 95 percent of asymptomatic patients who later were diagnosed.

New Blood Test Appears to Detect Cancer Years Before Symptoms

By Victor Tangermann

By genetically modifying goats, scientists found a way to make them manufacture expensive cancer medications in their milk.

Scientists Gene-Hack Goats to Make Cancer Drug in Their Milk

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists are working on a swarm of tiny, cell-sized robots that can travel inside a patient's bloodstream and target cancer cells.

Scientists Disguise Cancer-Hunting Nanorobots as Blood Cells

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers built tiny, iron nanobots that they can implant and track inside a patient's body, which they say could be used to kill off cancer cells.

These Scientists Say Nanobots Could Kill Individual Cancer Cells

By Dan Robitzski

A new study found that the presence of THC in the blood can accelerate growth of tumors in patients with HPV infection-related head and neck cancer.

New Research: Cannabis Accelerates Growth of Common Tumors

By Victor Tangermann

British researchers have discovered a new type of T-cell that kills at least 10 types of cancers, all while ignoring healthy cells.

Scientists Discover Immune Cell That Kills Most Cancers

By Kristin Houser

New research reveals that cancer-linked mutations can occur years before any symptoms appear, potentially giving doctors a new tool to diagnose it early.

New Research: Cancer Symptoms Can Appear Years Before Diagnosis

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists just published the results of the United States first trial of CRISPR-edited cells in cancer patients — and they're very encouraging.

Human Trial Suggests CRISPR Could Be a Viable Cancer Treatment

By Kristin Houser

Researchers say they've determined a new cancer treatment that uses CRISPR to gene edit cells is safe and could be effective.

First U.S. Study to Use CRISPR to Fight Cancer “Very Promising”

By Victor Tangermann

A team of UK researchers at Google Health and Google's AI lab DeepMind has created a tool that can successfully identify breast cancer in mammograms.

Google’s New AI is Great at Spotting Breast Cancer in X-Rays

By Victor Tangermann

A comprehensive new analysis of 50 years' worth of medical data has linked heavy, frequent marijuana use with an increased risk of testicular cancer.

New Analysis: Marijuana Seems to Be Linked to Testicular Cancer

By Dan Robitzski

A new cancer drug cuts off tumor cells' food supply while also seemingly supercharging the immune systems' cancer-destroying T cells.

Scientists Tout “Miracle” Cancer Drug That Starves Tumor Cells

By Kristin Houser

Public health researcher Joel Moskowitz argues that we don't yet understand the risks of 5G, such as causing cancer, and that more research is necessary.

Researcher Warns That 5G Might Actually Cause Cancer After All

By Jon Christian

After finding that simulated zero gravity killed off cancer cells, a team of doctors wants to send samples up to the International Space Station.

Doctors to Test Fringe Theory That Zero Gravity Kills Cancer Cells

By Dan Robitzski

The FDA has proposed 13 new cigarette warnings, each featuring a statement on the health impacts of smoking along with a color image.

FDA Proposes Grotesque New Warning Images for Cigarette Packs

By Kristin Houser

IBM just announced that it was making three of its artificial intelligence projects designed to help doctors and cancer researchers open-source.

IBM Just Made its Cancer-Fighting AI Projects Open-Source

By Dan Robitzski

The FDA just announced a recall of Allergan breast implants, linking the manufacturer to hundreds of cases of a rare cancer.

Most People With This Rare Cancer Got a Specific Breast Implant

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists successfully tested a laser that can track down cancer cells and kill them — all by simply shining a light from outside the skin.

New Laser Zaps and Destroys Cancer Cells in Real Time

By Victor Tangermann

A new therapy that involves injecting tumors with two immune stimulants essentially transforms the growths into "cancer vaccine factories."

New Therapy Transforms Tumors Into “Cancer Vaccine Factories”

By Kristin Houser

A new study on cancer detection shows that dogs can sniff out the disease in blood with an extremely high degree of accuracy.

Dogs Can Sniff out Cancer With Nearly 97% Accuracy, Says Study

By Kristin Houser

Bill Gates believes cancer vaccines are a breakthrough technology poise to change the world, according to a piece he penned for MIT Technology Review.

Bill Gates: Custom Cancer Vaccines Will Revolutionize Medicine

By Kristin Houser

Scientists developed a piece of machine learning software that can predict the prognosis of ovarian cancer and at a higher accuracy.

This AI Can Predict Survival of Ovarian Cancer Patients

By Victor Tangermann

A new cancer drug uses an antibody to get inside tumor cells so it can attack from within, similarly to the Greek army in the Trojan Horse story.

“Trojan Horse” Cancer Drug Sneaks Inside Tumor Cells to Kill Them

By Kristin Houser

Scientists turned skin cells into immune cells

Scientists Reprogrammed Human Skin Cells Into Immune Cells To Fight Cancer

Researchers have discovered what they're calling the cancer "cell of origin," a type of stem cell that leads to the growth of all cancers.

A Single “Cell of Origin” Might Trigger All Forms of Cancer

By Kristin Houser

Israeli pharmaceutical company Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies claims it is working on a cancer cure that will be ready within a year.

Israeli Scientists: We’ll Have a Cure for Cancer Within a Year

By Kristin Houser

Researchers at the University of Arizona found that astronauts who spent more than six months in space had fewer cells capable of fighting off leukemia.

New Research: Space Travel Hurts Cells That Fight Cancer

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have genetically modified chickens to lay eggs containing two human proteins that can fight cancer and other diseases.

Genetically Modified Chickens Lay Eggs Containing Anti-Cancer Drug

By Kristin Houser

Board certified genetic counselor Rachelle Chambers says that 23andMe's new test for colon cancer could do some good, but professionals would do better.

We Asked a Genetic Counselor About 23andMe’s New Cancer Test

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers from the University of Basel have found a way to transform cancer cells into fat using two FDA-approved drugs.

New Therapy Forces Breast Cancer Cells to Turn Into Harmless Fat

By Kristin Houser

A cancer-detecting breathalyzer is ready for clinical trials, and if it works as hoped, it could usher in a new era in cancer screening.

Cancer-Detecting Breathalyzer Moves Into Clinical Trials

By Kristin Houser

Burgers full of beef and bacon are facing a new threat from cancer causing chemicals.

Experts: Stop Adding Cancer-Causing Chemicals to our Meats

A new cancer treatment that uses the body's own immune system to fight cancer is scheduled to start human trials in 2019.

Scientists to Test New Cancer Treatment on Human Patients in 2019

By Jon Christian

A new virtual reality simulation built by Cambridge University scientists gives a high-resolution detail view into the cells of a breast cancer tumor.

Virtual Reality Tumors Could Help Lead to New Cancer Treatments

By Dan Robitzski

A New Spray Gel Helps Kill Tumors Left Over From Cancer Surgery

A New Spray Gel Helps Kill Tumors Left Over From Cancer Surgery

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers find clear evidence of a link between the radio waves emitted by certain cell phones and cancer in male rats.

Your Cell Phone Could Cause Cancer — Under Very Specific Conditions

By Kristin Houser

Australia is on track to all but eliminate cervical cancer within its borders by 2066, and the U.S. could follow in its footsteps.

Australia’s Success Shows That the US Could Eliminate Cervical Cancer If It Really Wanted To

By Kristin Houser

On Friday, a CA court ruled that Monsanto owed a groundskeeper $289 million because its weedkillers containing glyphosate gave the man terminal cancer.

Monsanto’s Court Ruling Marks a Turning Point for Cancer-Causing WeedKiller

By Kristin Houser

Anew AI developed by MIT researchers can prescribe the minimum effective dose for patient with an aggressive type of brain tumor known as glioblastoma.

AI Can Make Sure Cancer Patients Get Just Enough (but Not Too Much) Treatment

By Kristin Houser

This “Cancer Cure” Video Is Fake. That’s The Point.

This “Cancer Cure” Video Is Fake. That’s The Point.

By Dan Robitzski

CRISPR Could Help Us Cure Diseases. It Could Also Cause Cancer.

CRISPR Could Help Us Cure Diseases. It Could Also Cause Cancer.

By Kristin Houser

Some Breast Cancer Patients Can Skip Chemo Thanks To New Genetic Insight

Some Breast Cancer Patients Can Skip Chemo Thanks To New Genetic Insight

By Dan Robitzski

The First “Cell-Free” CRISPR Tech Is Here To Personalize Cancer Treatment

The First “Cell-Free” CRISPR Tech Is Here To Personalize Cancer Treatment

By Kristin Houser

Earlier Cancer Detection Could Be Just an Artificial Mole Away

Earlier Cancer Detection Could Be Just an Artificial Mole Away

By Kristin Houser

A Real Pick-Me-Up: Viagra Could Become The Next Cancer Drug

A Real Pick-Me-Up: Viagra Could Become The Next Cancer Drug

By Dan Robitzski

Here’s Why A California Court Requires Cancer Risk Warnings on Coffee

Here’s Why A California Court Requires Cancer Risk Warnings on Coffee

By Claudia Geib

There’s a Previously Undiscovered Organ in Your Body, And It Could Explain How Cancer Spreads

There’s a Previously Undiscovered Organ in Your Body, And It Could Explain How Cancer Spreads

By Lou Del Bello

23andMe Cleared to Sell Genetic Tests for Cancer Risk

By Chelsea Gohd

Australia May Soon Eliminate Cervical Cancer

Australia May Soon Eliminate Cervical Cancer

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Bacon? Cell Phones? It’s Rarely Just One Thing That Causes Cancer

By Jolene Creighton

Researchers Are Developing a New Cancer Vaccine Using Virus-Like Particles

Researchers Are Developing a New Cancer Vaccine Using Virus-Like Particles

Human Bacteria: An Unlikely Shield Against Skin Cancer

Human Bacteria: An Unlikely Shield Against Skin Cancer

By Lou Del Bello

Iron Nanoparticles Could Be the Next Line of Treatment in Battling Cancerous Tumors

Iron Nanoparticles Could Be the Next Line of Treatment in Battling Cancerous Tumors

By Robert Sanders

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Chinese Doctors Are Using Modified T-Cells to Treat Advanced Forms of Cancer

New Nanobots Kill Cancerous Tumors by Cutting off Their Blood Supply

New Nanobots Kill Cancerous Tumors by Cutting off Their Blood Supply

By Kristin Houser

New Stem Cell Study Could Be the Start of Personalized Cancer Vaccines

Robots Smaller Than a Human Hair Can Starve and Shrink Cancerous Tumors

Robots Smaller Than a Human Hair Can Starve and Shrink Cancerous Tumors

By Chelsea Gohd

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Cancer “Vaccine” That Wipes out Tumors Ready for Human Trial

By Chelsea Gohd