Blog Topic: Cancer

In this blog, we discuss how flow cytometry was used to examine metastatic dormancy, revealing a new role for immune cells in regulating this process....

In this blog, we discuss a recent study that used CAR T-cell therapy in a subset of gastric cancer patients

In this blog, we discuss a recent paper studying the effect of depleting Tregs in lung cancer treatment.

In this blog, we discuss how bsAbs are gaining traction as a novel treatment strategy for NSCLC and showing great promise in combination therapy in cl...

In this blog, we discuss recent advances in bacterial cancer therapy (BCT).

In this blog, we discuss new insights about how DCs control immune responses in the tumor microenvironment and the implications for immunotherapy.

In this blog, we discuss a recent study by Misetic et al. (2023) in which they investigated the mechanisms behind the immune-regulatory role of the TI...

In this blog, we discuss some of the research investigating the beneficial effects of exercise on anticancer immunity.

This blog discusses how both UV radiation and non-UV pathways can promote melanoma.

This blog gives an overview of the history of the STimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) pathway and highlights why pharmaceutical companies are makin...

AKT is an extremely important kinase in human health, playing an intricate role in coordinating fundamental signaling pathways. This blog discusses a ...

This article was awarded 3rd place in the 2020 Bio-Rad Science Writing Competition.

This blog discusses phosphorylation, a common regulator of signal transduction pathways and the role of inappropriate phosphorylation events in cancer...

This blog focuses on gastrointestinal organoids and their role in advancing cancer research and therapy.

This blog discusses the PD-1 (programmed cell death-1) pathway and two licensed immunotherapy drugs that target it, pembrolizumab and nivolumab.

This blog post highlights the key ubiquitin E3 ligases currently considered molecular drug targets.

Within the immune response to cancer macrophages present both a problem and solution. This post describes how they can assist with tumor clearance.

The GATA family of transcription factors is emerging as key players in establishing new biomarkers for rapid and accurate detection of cancer. Find ou...

This post describes how mutations in proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes account for tumorigenesis.

In this blog, we discuss a recent paper by Wei et al. (2026), which uncovered a new mechanism by which tumor cells use the nervous system to bolster t...

In this blog, we explore the intricate role of ADP-ribosylation in health and disease.

For this Halloween blog, we’re taking a taste of something slightly different: cell cannibalism.

In this blog, we discuss the role of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) in cancer and their potential as therapeutic targets.

In this blog, we will delve into how the microorganisms residing in our intestines can impact the anti-tumor response triggered by immune checkpoint b...

In this blog, we discuss the recent approval of dostarlimab (Jemperli), a PD-1 inhibitor, in combination with chemotherapy as a first-line treatment f...

2022 Bio-Rad Science Writing Competition winning article. Katie Lee uses an “it takes a village” analogy to explain how it is the combination of multi...

In this guest blog, Sabine Hahn, a researcher who focuses on the dynamic regulation of chromatin structure and how that influences chromosome segregat...

In this guest blog, Grace Gregory discusses Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), some of the different treatment approaches being used, and why finding...