The new mother had a normal recovery from childbirth. But a month later, she was beset by debilitating symptoms.

NIH’s SMaHT Network will chart trillions of somatic mutations to reveal how our DNA changes over a lifetime. In a nutshell ...

Cancer-fighting T-cells, the immune system's primary enforcers, are scarce in the rare kidney cancer called chromophobe renal ...

A compound best known for giving almonds and apricots their aroma may be the key to defeating hard-to-kill cancer cells. Japanese researchers found that benzaldehyde can stop the shape-shifting ...

Each time a cell divides, a small section of each chromosome's protective cap—the telomere—is worn away. Most cells use an ...

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human disease, but one species has been implicated in colorectal cancer ...

The damage to these cells can cause potential side effects, like fatigue, vomiting and nausea, but it’s important to note ...

While the American Cancer Society does not recommend “routine” prostate-specific antigen screening for men, there's a lot to ...

Cancer is when abnormal cells divide in an uncontrolled way. Some cancers may eventually spread into other tissues. There are more than 200 different types of cancer. 1 in 2 people in the UK will get ...

Kate Middleton shed light on some of the hurdles she'd had to face since completing cancer treatment earlier this year.

A University of Pennsylvania biotechnology company that aims to treat autoimmune diseases by reengineering cells within the ...

New findings show that the stage of normal cell development at which B cells transform into leukemic cells impacts treatment ...