Scientists uncovered how childhood BK virus infections may set off cancer-causing mutations decades later: by activating a host immune system enzyme that attacks DNA.

When breast oncologists see new patients, one of their hopes is that the patient doesn’t have triple-negative breast cancer. The subtype is considered particularly dangerous, as it tends to grow and ...

Canada lost its measles elimination status in 2025 and outbreaks persist across North America, but social media users are ...

Scientists have genetically modified a strain of the herpes virus to act as a cancer-killing agent in humans. Findings from an initial human trial are encouraging, with the experimental treatment ...

Cancers and viruses: why not pit two of our biggest biological foes against each other? Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust used a drug made from ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Cancer-fighting, genetically engineered herpes simplex virus has been shown to be an effective treatment for ...

Scientists have discovered that an attenuated (weakened) virus can help eliminate cancer in mice. In addition, mice that were treated with this virus were more resistant to developing tumors later in ...

Researchers have shown for the first time how Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV), which causes an aggressive skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma, initiates DNA replication in host cells. University ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Dr. Paul M. Lieberman is leader of the Genome Regulation ...

In spite of generations of experience and all the thousands of case histories, cancer research has advanced at a turtle’s pace. Doctors acknowledge the basic truisms that cancer is cell growth gone ...

A preliminary study found that people receiving immunotherapy for lung cancer or melanoma lived longer if they had received ...