Cancer

Kate Gross was just 36 years old when she died of cancer. Researchers at Cambridge – including her husband – are trying to ensure that others receive...

Scientists have created mini biological models of human primary liver cancers, known as organoids, in the lab for the first time. In a paper...

Seventy-two new genetic variants that contribute to the risk of developing breast cancer have been identified by a major international collaboration...

In the centenary year of the publication of a seminal treatise on the physical and mathematical principles underpinning nature – On Growth and Form...

Our immune systems are meant to keep us healthy, but sometimes they turn their fire on us, with devastating results. Immunotherapies can help defend...

A large scale study of women carrying faults in important cancer genes should enable doctors to provide better advice and counselling for treatments...

A common class of chemicals found everywhere from car exhausts, smoke, building materials and furniture to cosmetics and shampoos could increase...

Why do we age when we get older? Epigenetics may hold the answer – but could it one day help us turn back the clock? Professor Wolf Reik from the...