US researchers conducted a trial of over 28,000 women aged 40-74 to find an effective way of distributing breast cancer screening resources. Results published in JAMA on 12 Dec.
Study published in Nature Cell Biology is fundamental in understanding the ways in which cancer cells can develop drug resistance, one of the main causes of relapse.
Navjot Singh Sidhu says his wife, diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, followed a diet that included neem, turmeric, sour fruits. Oncologists say complementary therapies not treatment.
Definite steps are now being taken to understand the profile of cancer in the Indian population. Expect rapid progress in cancer care in India in the coming years.
Review published in Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology also finds Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala & Goa are the new hotspots for the most common type of liver cancer.
Findings by Tata Memorial Centre suggest that resveratrol, when given with miniscule doses of copper, can reduce rate of metastasis & treatment-related toxicity in cancer patients.
Patients already registering for CAR T-cell therapy, developed indigenously by ImmunoACT under the name NexCAR19. It will be used to treat leukemia & refractory or relapsed lymphoma.
Done by researchers from Hyderabad's Asian Institute of Gastroenterology & Jaipur's Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, study was published in 'Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hepatology'.
Scientists from ETH Zurich demonstrate how movements of bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum can be controlled by magnets from outside body. Findings published in Science Robotics.
DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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