Genetic ancestry plays a key role in determining the behavior of head and neck tumors and may help explain why ...

Study results indicate that mutation strength may shape both tumor–immune system interactions and immunotherapy response.

Researchers at LUMC have made a breakthrough in understanding PALB2 mutations, an important cause of hereditary breast cancer ...

Scientists at UC Davis discovered a small genetic difference that could explain why humans are more prone to certain cancers than our primate cousins. The change affects a protein used by immune cells ...

That team has now moved on to human patients, with a two-pronged approach: an off-the-shelf cancer vaccine, followed by a personalized one. They have also run trials of personalized vaccines for the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Juergen Eckhardt leads Bayer’s impact investment unit, Leaps by Bayer. Some of the year's notable breakthroughs include the first ...

The first fifty years of Mendelism. The introduction of Mendelism into human genetics / Milo Keynes. Galton's theory of ancestral inheritance / Michael Bulmer. The reception of Mendelism by the ...