During any other year, these groundbreaking advances would have been big news. Here’s some of what you may have missed while you were busy washing your hands.

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A virus that grows in black-eyed pea plants could form the basis for a new therapy to treat metastatic cancers and established tumors.

Researchers have demonstrated how to engineer smart immune cells that are effective against solid tumors.

Diminishing a single protein in a set of mice caused them to gain only half the weight of other mice, even on a high-fat diet.

A new screening method has shown success in detecting five common types of cancers far earlier than current methods.

Dr. Daniela Bota’s pioneering work is improving outcomes for patients with the most aggressive form of the disease.

This could help treat or even reverse the development of conditions like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and cancer.

The Pan-Cancer Project discovers causes of unexplained cancers and zeros in on mechanisms of development.

50 percent of treatments could have been avoided, researchers find.

Pancreatic cancer is often detected too late, but a new diagnostic tool shows promise.

Study finds the birds are uncommonly good at distinguishing cancerous breast tissue from normal .