breast cancer

Breast cancer cells send microRNA-filled vesicles to the brain, creating a nutrient-rich environment that facilitates metastasis. 

Oskar Staufer engineers synthetic systems to explore cancer biology.

An immune-inhibiting protein that regulates autophagy halts breast cancers from venturing across tissue borders.

Noninvasive methods to monitor traces of cancer left over after treatment may lead to better early interventions.

Cancer-supporting cells control their neighbors’ behavior using an often-overlooked protein delivery system. 

Learn how researchers take a phenotype-first approach to uncover hidden metastatic drivers at tissue and cellular levels.

Researchers inhibited molecules that regulate both tumor and immune cell migration and their crosstalk signaling to impede metastasis.

Researchers took aim at mucins, glycoproteins that protect cancer cells from drugs and the immune response, and engineered a revolutionary targeted tool for oncology and beyond.

Scientists develop anticancer drugs that target PARP proteins involved in the DNA damage response.

A battery that charges itself in salty fluids starves tumors of oxygen, helping improve some drugs treat cancer, a study finds.

A study deepens the scientific understanding of how androgens influence breast tissue, which may offer clues to treating breast cancer. 

A particular leucine-ferrying tRNA is more abundant in cancerous cells than healthy ones, and lowering its levels inhibits cancer growth, a study finds.

Scientists develop cancer nutrition guidelines based on research examining how dietary patterns affect cancer risk and prevention.

Islands of rigid cells within a matrix of soft ones allow tumors to be both solid and fluid, granting them toughness without losing the ability to break apart.

Scientists discover tumor-associated T cells that drive breast cancer metastasis to lymph nodes.

More cancer cells are shed from primary tumors when individuals are asleep than when they’re awake, according to observations in mouse models and a small cohort of breast cancer patients.

An innovative assay permits researchers to screen for small molecule PARP inhibitors that trap the enzyme on DNA and selectively execute cancer cells.

Microbes living inside cancer cells may help them spread to distant sites by enhancing the cells’ resistance to mechanical stress, a study shows.

Coupling a diet low in calories, sugar, and protein with existing cancer drugs treats triple-negative breast cancer in mice, and low blood glucose is associated with better cancer outcomes in human patients.