How scientists are hacking bacteria to treat cancer, self-destruct, then vanish without a trace

by Josephine Wright, Susan Woods,The ConversationCredit: CC0 Public DomainBacteria are rapidly emerging as anew classof "living medicines" used to kill cancer cells.We're still a long wa

Updated on: March 06,2026

How scientists are hacking bacteria to treat cancer, self-destruct, then vanish without a trace

by Josephine Wright, Susan Woods,The ConversationCredit: CC0 Public DomainBacteria are rapidly emerging as anew classof "living medicines" used to kill cancer cells.We're still a long wa

Updated on:March 06,2026

Custom 3D-printed models improve precision of oral cancer removal

byOhio State University Medical CenterThis 3D model of a patient's jaw was created by doctors at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center–Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J

Updated on: February 13,2026

Custom 3D-printed models improve precision of oral cancer removal

byOhio State University Medical CenterThis 3D model of a patient's jaw was created by doctors at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center–Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J

Updated on:February 13,2026

Global survey highlights challenges faced by young women with advanced breast cancer

by Associação Advanced Breast Cancer Global AllianceCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNearly half of all women aged younger than 40 who live with advanced breast cancer have children under the age of

Updated on: March 04,2026

Global survey highlights challenges faced by young women with advanced breast cancer

by Associação Advanced Breast Cancer Global AllianceCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNearly half of all women aged younger than 40 who live with advanced breast cancer have children under the age of

Updated on:March 04,2026

Link between tumor metabolism and drug efficacy in cancer cells may help advance precision chemotherapy

byStonyBrookUniversityIntracellular regulation of PRMT5 activity and development of chemical probes CBH-001 and CBH-002. Credit:Nature Communications(2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65558-6

Updated on: March 11,2026

Link between tumor metabolism and drug efficacy in cancer cells may help advance precision chemotherapy

byStonyBrookUniversityIntracellular regulation of PRMT5 activity and development of chemical probes CBH-001 and CBH-002. Credit:Nature Communications(2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65558-6

Updated on:March 11,2026

Common medicines may influence CRISPR therapy outcomes and precision cancer treatment

byMax Planck SocietyDrug screening for DSB repair pathway modulators. Credit:Nature Communications(2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-67243-0In a new study, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evol

Updated on: February 10,2026

Common medicines may influence CRISPR therapy outcomes and precision cancer treatment

byMax Planck SocietyDrug screening for DSB repair pathway modulators. Credit:Nature Communications(2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-67243-0In a new study, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evol

Updated on:February 10,2026

Doctors provide new hope for pancreatic cancer patients with less invasive radiofrequency ablation

byUniversity of Texas at San AntonioCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainUT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital became the first in South Texas to use an emerging and less-invasive tr

Updated on: February 17,2026

Doctors provide new hope for pancreatic cancer patients with less invasive radiofrequency ablation

byUniversity of Texas at San AntonioCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainUT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital became the first in South Texas to use an emerging and less-invasive tr

Updated on:February 17,2026

Factoring in frailty and age could improve pancreatic cancer treatment

bySanford-Burnham PrebysAging accelerates tumor progression in a syngeneic orthotopic PDAC mouse model. Credit:Cancer Research(2025). DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-25-1904While some risk factors for canc

Updated on: February 22,2026

Factoring in frailty and age could improve pancreatic cancer treatment

bySanford-Burnham PrebysAging accelerates tumor progression in a syngeneic orthotopic PDAC mouse model. Credit:Cancer Research(2025). DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-25-1904While some risk factors for canc

Updated on:February 22,2026

Giving less chemotherapy can still cure lymphoma patients in their 80s, study says

by Leslie Orr,University of Rochester Medical CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPeople aged 80 and older with a common type of lymphoma can take a half-dose of chemotherapy and be cured or signif

Updated on: February 28,2026

Giving less chemotherapy can still cure lymphoma patients in their 80s, study says

by Leslie Orr,University of Rochester Medical CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPeople aged 80 and older with a common type of lymphoma can take a half-dose of chemotherapy and be cured or signif

Updated on:February 28,2026

Combination therapy for pancreatic cancer offers new treatment approach

by Lena Bösch,University Medical Center GöttingenMini tumor models from patient-derived tissue, known as organoids, without and with therapy. Bottom: Tumors (blue) with macrophages (yellow)—immune cel

Updated on: February 05,2026

Combination therapy for pancreatic cancer offers new treatment approach

by Lena Bösch,University Medical Center GöttingenMini tumor models from patient-derived tissue, known as organoids, without and with therapy. Bottom: Tumors (blue) with macrophages (yellow)—immune cel

Updated on:February 05,2026

Colorectal cancer's immune puzzle cracked: Two Treg cell types shape survival odds

by Ian Demsky,Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn most solid tumors, high numbers of regulatory T (Treg) cells are associated with poorer outcomes because they d

Updated on: January 30,2026

Colorectal cancer's immune puzzle cracked: Two Treg cell types shape survival odds

by Ian Demsky,Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn most solid tumors, high numbers of regulatory T (Treg) cells are associated with poorer outcomes because they d

Updated on:January 30,2026

Cancer messenger substances disrupt muscle function and trigger muscle breakdown

by Inka Burow,Hannover Medical SchoolDr Arnab Nayak, private lecturer, investigates the effect of pro-inflammatory messengers on muscle wasting in cancer. Credit: Tim Holler/MHHCancer patients often l

Updated on: January 19,2026

Cancer messenger substances disrupt muscle function and trigger muscle breakdown

by Inka Burow,Hannover Medical SchoolDr Arnab Nayak, private lecturer, investigates the effect of pro-inflammatory messengers on muscle wasting in cancer. Credit: Tim Holler/MHHCancer patients often l

Updated on:January 19,2026

Combination therapy shows potential to treat pediatric brain cancer ATRT

bySt. Jude Children's Research HospitalAs published inNeuro-Oncology Pediatrics, a combination therapy may offer a new treatment strategy for atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT), a rare pediat

Updated on: February 05,2026

Combination therapy shows potential to treat pediatric brain cancer ATRT

bySt. Jude Children's Research HospitalAs published inNeuro-Oncology Pediatrics, a combination therapy may offer a new treatment strategy for atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT), a rare pediat

Updated on:February 05,2026