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Topic: Cancer

Dundee researchers awarded £30M to drive treatments for Cancer, Parkinson’s

The Medical Research Council’s Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit will receive funding over the next five years.

Tall people are at greater risk of cancer. Here is why

A tall person probably has a longer large bowel with more cells and thus more entries in the large bowel cancer lottery than a shorter person.

84% breast cancer patients have catastrophic health spend despite reimbursement — Tata Memorial study

Median & mean out-of-pocket expenditure are Rs 1,26,988 and Rs 1,86,461, respectively, find researchers at Tata Memorial Centre & International Institute for Population Sciences.

IIT Delhi announces 2 breakthrough tech projects for cancer and pathogen detection

The government-sponsored project is being carried out by the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer at IIT Delhi.

Antifungals sold as chemo, top hospitals’ staff involved — Delhi fake cancer drugs case chargesheet

Delhi Police Crime Branch says 12 accused who worked at various Delhi & Gurugram hospitals made crores duping cancer patients, puts on record seizures, WhatsApp chats, money transactions.

IISER researchers discover potential for colorectal cancer treatment in enzyme that ‘plays dead’

An IISER Kolkata team pieced together how autoinhibition of surface receptor protein VEGFR1 works to prevent a cell from becoming malignant. Study published in Nature Communications.

Senior Assam police officer shoots himself dead minutes after wife passes away due to cancer

Shiladitya Chetia was serving as home and political department secretary in the Assam govt. His wife had been admitted in Guwahati's Nemcare Super Specialty Hospital for past 4 months.

Fatal liver cancers growing far more rapidly among Indian women than men, shows latest review

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.

Your belly button is a crystal ball for diagnosing illness—cancer to cirrhosis

Sister Mary Joseph Dempsey, a surgical assistant, noted in the 1920s that some patients with metastatic cancer had a new palpable swelling or nodule in their navel.

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The Kapoors’ love for food is stuff of legends. Netflix gets us a seat at a table

If there is one celebrity who has made talking about food both relatable and entertaining, it is Kareena Kapoor Khan.

Nvidia worth $5 trillion: What does it mean for the market?

The chipmaker at the heart of the AI revolution may be the most influential stock in Wall Street history. Nvidia has been the primary driver of the market’s gains since the start of 2023.

Launch of India’s heaviest comms satellite is a level up for its soaring military ambitions. Here’s how

ISRO’s LMV3 rocket set off the CMS-03 satellite from Sriharikota Sunday. It weighs 4,410 kg, will primarily serve Indian Navy and has a life of at least 15 years.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.