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The diagnosis of cancer usually requires a biopsy. Now researchers have shown that modifying the biopsy needle to vibrate rapidly at 30,000 times per second not only provides sufficient data for diagnostic needs but is also potentially less painful and less traumatic for patients.

An international team has discovered one way in which the chemical compound piperlongumine works in animal models and has confirmed its strong activity against glioblastoma, an aggressive type of brain cancer.

Researchers have analyzed data from more than 19,500 cancer patients to investigate the relationship between mushroom consumption and cancer risk. Their findings revealed that individuals who ate 18 grams of mushrooms daily had a 45% lower risk of cancer compared to those who did not eat mushrooms.

Scientists say they have uncovered a likely key genetic culprit in the development of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

A Purdue University chemist has discovered a way to synthesize a rare compound found in a shrub native to North America, to fight a previously "undruggable" cancer protein implicated in numerous cancer types.

Scientists have identified PLK3, a protein that operates in tandem with a specific genetic mutation to spur lung cancer growth and could serve as a therapeutic target to treat the disease.

Researchers have developed a topical drug that can regenerate and restore the function of erectile nerves damaged by prostate surgery, the most common treatment for localized prostate cancer. The team evaluated the drug using rat models of peripheral nerve injury.

There are many variants of "goblet cells" in the intestines and they seem to have different functions, according to a new study from the University of Gothenburg.

Stanford engineers find that cancer cells exhibit a unique mode of migration on squishy materials, which are similar to biological tissues. In contrast, cell movement – a process central to cancer metastasis and other biological processes – is typically studied on very rigid materials.

Using a new single-cell technique, WEHI researchers have uncovered a way to understand the programming behind how stem cells make particular cell types.