Scientists pinpointed 80 gene variants, including eight tied to fatty acid metabolism, that may cause breast cancer in some ...

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have identified 16 genes that breast cancer cells use to survive in the bloodstream after they've escaped the low-oxygen regions of a tumor.

Along with defending against pathogens, the body’s innate immune system helps to protect the stability of our genomes in ...

Could the controversial COVID drug hydroxychloroquine be repurposed as a promising medication for cancer? Researchers believe ...

Scientists at /Amgen, and their collaborators have discovered six novel genes with rare germline variants that associate with ...

2. Colorectal cancer can come from known or unknown genetic factors. Colorectal cancer is caused by changes in a person's ...

People with grandparents from a remote Scottish island are more likely than the rest of the U.K. population to have a version ...

"All of a sudden within six months we had two family members that came back with positive cancer signs." A dozen members of ...

Actor James Van Der Beek recently announced he has the disease. Diagnoses in people younger than 55 have nearly doubled since ...

Mathew Knowles is marking breast cancer awareness month by sharing his personal journey as a male breast cancer survivor and ...

Along with defending against pathogens, the body's innate immune system helps to protect the stability of our genomes in unexpected ways -- ways that have important implications for the development of ...