Researchers at Duke University have shown that blocking an enzyme involved in iron regulation not only kills multiple myeloma cancer cells, but also increases the effectiveness of current therapies ...

A protein involved with cell death can be manipulated to slow or reverse tumor growth, a pair of new studies in mice found.

Blocking the action in cancer cells of a key protein reduced by up to 80% tumor growth in mice with a common type of lung cancer.

Scientists have discovered a critical weakness in prostate cancer cells involving two enzymes, PDIA1 and PDIA5, that protect ...

Researchers have discovered how to block cells dying, in a finding that could lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. The team has identified a small ...

Cancer cells have an insatiable appetite for energy as they multiply more rapidly than normal cells. Greedy cancer cells hijack various cellular functions to find and exploit energy and other ...

Scientists based in Australia and China have identified a pair of pesky enzymes responsible for prolonging prostate cancer – which means we can potentially target them for quicker and more effective ...

Inside every cell, a finely tuned metabolic network determines when to build, recycle, or stop producing essential molecules.