Even with significant expansion in the global market for antibodies used in clinical care and research, scientists recognize that there is still untapped potential for finding new antibodies. Many proteins group together in what are called protein complexes to carry out biological functions. The traditional method of generating antibodies by immunizing animals struggles to make antibodies related to these protein complexes.

City of Hope opens phase 1 clinical trial aiming to transform rectal cancer into a disease treatable with radiation therapy to avoid potential long-term side effects of surgery. Physician scientists will evaluate an alternative use of an investigational enzyme inhibitor, papaverine, which is hypothesized to prime regions of tumors to be more susceptible to radiation therapy

A Japanese research team has discovered a novel global cooperative phenomena of cell interactions in cervical cancer cells. Their findings suggest that the cells are metabolically connected in a functional network. The framework they used in their studies could prove useful for investigating the hidden state of a group of cells.