Varun Venkataramani is the winner of the 2025 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators. A neurologist and group leader at Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany, his work in cancer ...

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Scientists have uncovered new genetic rules that determine whether the immune system’s “killer” T cells remain powerful long-term defenders or become worn out and ineffective. By building a detailed ...

An imbalance in the production of blood cells can lead to the aggressive blood cancer acute myeloid leukaemia. A new study finds a way to stop malignant stem cells. The researchers believe their ...

A cancer drug class best known for attacking tumors may also help your immune system remember them better. Researchers at ...

A team of Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers has worked out how a new class of anti-cancer drugs kills cancer cells, a finding that helps explain how cancer cells may become resistant to ...

Cancer cells are basically the ultimate rule-breakers of the body. Under normal conditions, our cells follow a pretty strict set of instructions: grow when needed, stop when the job is done, and die ...

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive form of blood cancer. It affects people of all ages but is most common in those over 65. Around 150 people are diagnosed with the disease each year in ...