Cancer Research

Researchers turned one tumor sample into thousands of rapid drug tests. 

Understanding the molecular pathology of leukemia guides researchers to develop targeted treatments.

Advanced sequencing technologies help scientists delineate tumor heterogeneity. 

With videos of dramatic cancer cell deaths and unflagging T cell attacks, Alex Ritter studies how immune cells and tumors battle with microscopic precision.

Scientists gain new perspectives from the natural world on how cancer works and how to treat it.

Researchers discovered that copper induces cytotoxicity through a distinct pathway termed cuproptosis. This insight guides the use of copper-shuttling drugs to treat copper regulation disorders and opens up new therapeutic applications for cancer.

While some pediatric brain cancers have known genetic causes, many do not. Three-dimensional profiling revealed new disease mechanisms and drug targets.

CAR T cell therapies use engineered T cells to fight cancer, but they can sometimes cause neurotoxic side effects. Herpes virus reactivation in donor CAR T cells may be to blame.

Researchers use new tools to study proteome profiles and track subtle disease-associated changes in protein dynamics.