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Scientists are making encouraging progress in developing vaccines to treat cancer, but so far the therapies have been restricted to specific types of tumor. Now new research points the way to a universal vaccine that could attack a wider range of cancers. The research led by a team at the University of Florida focuses on “waking up” the immune system …

Cancer drugs that have been used for two decades were retooled until they were able to eliminate aggressive tumors in a “remarkable” clinical trial. Two of the patients—one with the deadliest form of skin cancer called melanoma and another with breast cancer—were told their tumors disappeared completely. Scientists at Rockefeller University in New York engineered an upgrade to an antibody …

An experimental mRNA vaccine boosted the tumor-fighting effects of immunotherapy in a mouse-model study, bringing researchers one step closer to their goal of developing a universal vaccine to “wake up” the immune system against cancer. Published recently in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the University of Florida study showed that like a one-two punch, pairing the test vaccine with common anticancer drugs called …

Grotesque squirrels covered in tumors and oozing sores have been alarming residents across the US and Canada. In neighborhoods from Maine to the Midwest, homeowners say the sickly gray squirrels are turning up in backyards and around bird feeders. Social media users on both Reddit and X have shared unsettling photos that show the rodents with raw, hairless growths spreading …

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have built a cancer therapy that makes bacteria and viruses work as a team. In a study published recently in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the Synthetic Biological Systems Lab shows how their system hides a virus inside a tumor-seeking bacterium, smuggles it past the immune system, and unleashes it inside cancerous tumors. The new platform combines the bacteria’s …

Share on PinterestAn injectable experimental drug made aggressive breast and skin cancer tumors disappear in a small trial. Image credit: Alina Kostrytsia/Getty Images Scientists have developed a new cancer drug that can be injected directly into tumors. The treatment, an enhanced CD40 agonist, was successful in its first trial of 12 human participants. Six people in the group saw their …

Todd ArcherAug 13, 2025, 11:29 AM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. OXNARD, Calif. — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said in an interview that he dealt with stage 4 melanoma and an experimental trial …

IN A NUTSHELL 🔬 Researchers at Kyushu University have developed a revolutionary organic molecule that acts as a “switch” for both OLEDs and medical imaging. 💡 The molecule, named CzTRZCN, combines thermally activated delayed fluorescence with two-photon absorption to enhance efficiency in displays and imaging. 🖥️ CzTRZCN achieved a record external quantum efficiency of 13.5% in OLED applications, highlighting its …

A man suffering from an aggressive form of lung cancer experienced an extremely rare complication of the disease – with one of his fingers and toes swelling unexplainably.  It turns out, the bones in his digits had been ‘completely replaced’ by cancerous tumors as the cancer spread throughout his body.   The 55-year-old from Australia had been diagnosed with metastatic squamous-cell lung …

Scientists may be one step closer to a universal cancer vaccine that could revolutionize how the disease is treated. The vaccine uses mRNA, messenger RNA, the same technology behind the COVID-19 vaccines, which carries instructions for cells to produce specific proteins. However, instead of directing cells to make a protein that triggers an immune response, researchers at the University of …