If you're of a certain age, you probably remember your parents or a nurse bringing out a bottle of hydrogen peroxide to treat your scrapes, cuts, and wounds. This use of the antiseptic is no longer ...

"Grout" -- one of those household words where you probably know what it is but have no idea what it's made of. It's the stuff that goes between sections of tile floors and walls that seals them in ...

The rare Antrodia cinnamomea fungus (also known as Taiwanofungus camphoratus) is only found in Taiwan, and is associated with one particular type of endangered tree. Long used for herbal medicines, ...

The cells in Ling He’s lab dish looked nothing like cancer cells. Which was odd, because they had been extracted from the tumours of people with an aggressive brain cancer called glioblastoma.

Being overweight or obese has long been linked to a greater risk of developing or dying from breast cancer. New research suggests a reason: Certain breast cancer tumors may feed on neighboring fat ...

The most common cancer-causing strain of human papillomavirus (HPV), HPV16, undermines the body's defenses by reprogramming immune cells surrounding the tumor, according to new research from the Keck ...

Cancer cells are notoriously flexible, taking on new features as they move around the body. Many of these changes are due to epigenetic modifications, which influence how DNA is packaged, and not due ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles promise a cleaner future for transportation, but their adoption in the United States remains limited due to infrastructure and logistical challenges.

Many cancer-driving mutations disable a key checkpoint in the cell’s cycle between growth and division, resulting in unchecked activity of the E2F family of transcription factor proteins. A set of ...