A large portion of melanoma cases prove fatal because the disease has already progressed beyond treatment options. However, a new study reports that a small-molecule drug can stop the spread of ...

(CN) — Attacking recurrent prostate cancer may now be easier after researchers discovered a compound that appears to stunt the disease's growth. In a study published Monday in the journal Nature ...

Human papillomaviruses, or HPVs, can cause dangerous infections in the skin and mucous membranes and may lead to cancer. Vaccines that prevent mucosal HPV infections aren't effective against cutaneous ...

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a chemical compound that interferes with a key feature of many viruses that allows the viruses to invade human cells.

In a step forward in the battle against cancer, researchers have identified promising compounds to inhibit a key driver of many forms of the disease, including lung, prostate, colon, bladder and ...

Melbourne researchers are homing in on a new target for malaria treatment, after developing a compound that blocks the action of a key 'gatekeeper' enzyme essential for malaria parasite survival. The ...

Structures of flavonoids extracted from dahlia and coreopsis flowers. Red boxes denote similarities between compound structures and sulfuretin (A), while blue boxes denote differences. Credit: Journal ...