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Nanobodies – small antibody-like molecules that are derived from llamas and other cameloid species – can improve the circulation time of cancer drugs.

Selumetinib can reduce the pain and size of tumors caused in adults by neurofibromatosis type 1, a rare genetic disease for which there is currently no effective pharmacological treatment.

A University of Sydney study uncovers the critical role of the Zelda gene in ensuring successful tissue regeneration. Researchers found that Zelda helps guide proper tissue recovery and prevents mistakes during regeneration.

Serious quality defects have been found in a significant number of cancer medications from sub-Saharan Africa, according to new analysis. The researchers also pose several suggestions for improvement.

Cell biologists have made a significant advance, uncovering the key role of an enzyme in determining the physical structure and behaviour of cancer cells, including how they spread.

Researchers have found that lung cancer patients who have a combination of high levels of depression and inflammation at diagnosis are later found with continuing depressive symptoms in the next several months.

UC Davis researchers found that popular disposable e-cigarettes emit high levels of metals like lead, nickel and chromium, with some levels exceeding safety thresholds. The study suggests that these metals leach from the heating elements.

By combining two antioxidant enzyme inhibitors, researchers have converted cancer cells in mice into healthy nerve cells.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising survival strategy used by cancer cells that may help to explain how they adapt and keep growing even when nutrients are scarce and under metabolic stress.

A new, far less invasive capsule sponge test to detect early cancer signs could safely replace the use of regular endoscopies for over half of all patients with Barrett’s oesophagus, a known precursor to oesophageal cancer.