Consider, for example, your body’s crowning glory, your head. How did the bone cells in your skull know enough to marshal themselves into a dome, while those in your jaw formed a trap-shaped mandible?
Scientists have discovered that some cancer cells pretend to be ‘super fit’ to fool normal healthy cells into giving them their nutrients, allowing them to expand and spread around the body. A team ...
But let's break that down. By the time I finish reading this sentence, 20 million new cells have just been replaced in your body. 20 million, in just a few seconds. Compound that over a lifetime ...
Macquarie University researchers have discovered new information about how oral cancer cells may block the body's immune response. This could lead to better treatments for this aggressive disease.
Cancer related proteins like AP1 and MAPK unmask LTR10 sequences, which is why they remain closed in healthy tissues and act in cancer cells. How did LTR10 genes become a part of the human body?