CNIO researchers found that in mice on high-fat diets, cancer cells in the bloodstream use platelets as a protective shield, aiding their spread. This fatty diet also makes it easier for tumor cells ...

The DNA of human cells consists of a sequence of about 3.1 billion building blocks. Cells go to great lengths to maintain the ...

Scientists have attempted to map the human cell since the first microscope was invented more than 400 years ago. But many ...

Researchers are studying why the energy factories are moving between cells and whether the process can be harnessed to treat ...

Dylan Hume was just eight years old when he was diagnosed with aplastic anaemia, a rare and life-threatening blood disorder.

Obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer, and a greater probability for the cancer to spread to other organs – metastasize –. But the causes of this association are ...

A team led by the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) has shown in mice that a high-fat diet increases metastasis of triple-negative breast cancer, which has the worst prognosis.

Obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer, and a greater probability for the cancer to spread to other organs – ...

Obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer, and a greater probability for the cancer to spread ...

For cell and gene therapy, a consistent supply of quality starting material is vital that is maintained throughout the ...

There are different types of lymphocytes. T cells are one type. T cells move around the body to find and destroy defective cells. When you come into contact with a new infection or disease, the body ...