Researchers have created tiny metal-based particles that push cancer cells over the edge while leaving healthy cells mostly unharmed. The particles work by increasing internal stress in cancer cells ...

A groundbreaking study may change how doctors treat glioblastoma, one of the deadliest brain cancers. Researchers Virginia Commonwealth University have developed a powerful new therapy using an ...

A new light-driven cancer therapy uses LEDs and tin nanoflakes to kill tumors safely and affordably. Developed by teams in Texas and Portugal, it eliminates up to 92% of skin cancer cells without ...

Lipid nanoparticles without drugs can make some cancer cells swell and burst, offering a new way to target tumors resistant to existing treatments. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The ability to selectively ...

In a wholly new approach to cancer treatment, Northwestern University biomedical engineers have doubled the effectiveness of chemotherapy in animal experiments. Instead of attacking cancer directly, ...

The research, published today in Nature Communications, focuses on how cancer cells keep their chromosomes intact so they can continue dividing relentlessly. Normally, every time a cell divides, the ...

A new technique has measured boron in individual cancer cells for the first time, enabling researchers to better understand how drugs act to kill tumors in some cancers. In an article in the Journal ...