What happens when you catapult cancer into space? Or shoot stem cells toward the stars? Catriona Jamieson, a hematologist and director of the Sanford Stem Cell Institute at the University of ...

A network of proteins and fibers known as an extracellular matrix (ECM) provides support and structure to tissues and cells throughout our bodies. The ECM also facilitates cell-to-cell communications ...

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide and even today only 10% of people survive lung cancer for 10 years or more in the UK. One challenge in treating lung cancer is that lung ...

The awe-inspiring process of cell division can turn a fertilized egg into a baby – or a cancerous cell into a malignant tumor. With so much at stake, nature keeps it tightly controlled in a process ...

Human blood stem cells have been made in a laboratory for the first time, which could significantly improve how we treat certain types of cancer. The lab-grown cells have so far only been tested in ...