Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan studied what happens when macrophages—a type of immune cell—encounter dying cancer cells in tumors and discovered a mechanism that accelerates tumor growth.

Cells are enveloped by a lipid membrane that gives them structure and provides a barrier between the cell and its environment ...

Small cell lung cancer cells that metastasize to the brain cozy up to neurons and form working electrical connections, called synapses, according to an upcoming study led by Stanford Medicine ...

As we age, our cells accumulate genetic changes—mutations—some of which open the door to cancer. Scientists call these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have discovered another mechanism through which cancer cells thrive. (Koto_feja/E+/Getty Images) A group of natural ...

When cancer cells begin to die within tumors, they expose signals on their surface that indicate they are dying. Macrophages then detect these signals and engage in phagocytosis, where they eat the ...

When cancer cells die, macrophages consume them and produce inflammatory cytokines. This activates JAK and STAT proteins in living cancer cells, enabling them to produce their own Upd3 and creating a ...