Columbia University researchers have developed a novel cancer therapy that employs microorganisms to transfer viruses straight into tumors. This approach, which was recently tried on mice, combines ...

AI designed new bacteriophages that killed E. coli in lab tests, promising advances but raising safety concerns.

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CAR T therapy has been transformative in the battle against deadly cancers. Scientists extract a patient’s own immune cells, genetically engineer them to target a specific type of cancer, and infuse ...

In a human body, cells are constantly making life-or-death decisions. If they make the wrong choice, the result can be cancer. It may be possible to treat diseases by influencing this behavior.

Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are insidious. They can evade the immune defense and antiviral drugs by becoming "latent ...

You called in sick yesterday because you thought you had the flu, but today you feel even worse. You have heavy bleeding and delirium because you’ve got one of the world’s most deadly viruses. What ...