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The measure significantly expands the medical examinations performed on foreigners, and gives officials broad discretion to reject applicants based on their age and medical history

Organoids, which the professor is researching, are transforming drug experimentation

The experimental treatment, developed using cells at La Paz public hospital, achieves a preliminary survival rate of 70% in patients who had exhausted all other options

A major European clinical research event in oncology gives a boost to antibody–drug conjugates, treatments that work like a Trojan horse, delivering chemotherapy to the interior of malignant cells

A study reveals the secrets behind the rodent’s remarkable ability to live 10 times longer than expected, without cancer or age-related degenerative diseases. When applied to fruit flies, researchers created ‘superflies’

The auxiliary graft functioned well for the first month, but had to be removed due to complications. The 71-year-old patient, who suffered from cirrhosis and liver cancer, died four months later

An international commission of scientists proposes changes to combat environmental degradation and disease. The key: less animal protein and more plants

Researchers say the catalog has already led to the identification of genetic mechanisms involved in kidney cancer and will help develop personalized treatments in oncology

A team of scientists describes how malignant cells use ‘highways’ of hardened tissue to spread to other organs, and how blocking two proteins can stop them

Veteran scientists warn EL PAÍS of the dismantling of America’s scientific strength and the risk posed to democracy: ‘It could take decades to recover’

A retrospective macro-study revealed that the use of GLP-1 agonists is associated with a reduction in the overall risk of cancer among obese or overweight patients

A leading scientist, a businesswoman and a disease-free patient come together to tell the full story of the promising experimental Spanish tumor drug 

The mechanism by which cells mature and die is malleable, but so far it has not been possible to reverse this natural process in older adult organisms

The scientist and his fellow leader in childhood blood cancer research, Persis Amrolia, are setting out on a revolutionary immunotherapy trial to treat acute myeloid leukemia, which does not typically respond to treatment

One patient’s story illustrates how artificial intelligence can unclog a system strangled by bureaucracy

The researcher has penned crime novels full of death — and received more than $5.8 million from the European Union toward finding the cure for cancer

Trump’s health secretary confounds experts with his baseless claims about vaccines and diets, but his ideas are resonating with the Republican voter base

The discovery, made thanks to an experiment involving hundreds of bank employees in Spain, opens the door to new treatments beyond reducing cholesterol

Several studies link infections and dementia, although experts warn they are just one risk factor among many

The meeting of the American Society of Oncology focused on optimizing immunotherapy and other advanced treatments for improving survival

New targeted therapies allow for the treatment of a disease that is already the fifth leading cause of fatal tumors globally

Biologist and physician Ana María Cuervo and paleoanthropologist Juan Luis Arsuaga reflect on whether age-related decline can be halted or even reversed

The American researcher warns that Trump’s policies could delay some medical advances by several years

Dense breast tissue can mask cancer in conventional tests. A study shows the most effective complementary imaging techniques for detecting malignant lesions in screening programs

The EMA now advises against using the drug for people aged over 65 after 17 serious adverse effects were recorded in this age group, which is rarely present in studies

Primary ovarian failure affects 3.7% of women worldwide and occurs due to genetic factors, but also due to autoimmune diseases or as a result of cancer treatments