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Topic: Cancer

Cancer therapy may soon skip the lab step — and cut costs

Early data suggests single-infusion treatment can safely reprogram immune cells inside the body, opening doors to more affordable global access.

Not just cigarettes, Australian study finds vaping can cause cancer too

“Vapes were introduced 20 years ago. We shouldn’t wait 80 more years to decide what to do,” one author of the study said.

New pill targets mutated lung cancer, shrinks tumours in 70% of patients

Published in Cancer Discovery, early trials show that sevabertinib can shrink tumours in patients with HER2 exon 20, a mutated lung cancer found in roughly 2-3 per cent of cases.

MIT study answers why some cancer treatments fail. Most tumours have active backdoor pathways

Some cancer treatments fail not because the drugs were ineffective, but because tumours design a network to evade them.

IIT Gandhinagar develops hydrogel for cancer-preventing surgeries. ‘Makes procedure safer’

Harshil Dave, a researcher at IIT Gandhinagar, co-authored the paper with his colleagues Hitasha Vithalani, Hemant Singh, Indu Yadav, and Abhinav Jain, among others.

India’s reproductive cancer burden is complex. HPV vaccination drive alone isn’t enough

The Global Cancer Observatory predicts that cancer cases will rise to 32.6 million worldwide by 2045, with India already carrying the third-highest cancer burden globally.

India saw yearly jump of 28,000 cancer cases and 15,000 deaths since 2021, govt tells Parliament

Experts say ‘surge in cancer cases remains relatively modest on a per capita basis, but actual burden may be higher due to persistent underreporting in rural, underserved regions’.

Budget cuts import costs of certain cancer & rare disease drugs. Why it offers little relief to patients

Cancer imposes catastrophic health expenditure in India, with medicines constituting over 60% of out-of-pocket expenditure. Research shows wide price variations, limited cost containment.

A cancer-sniffing worm hits legal hurdle in India due to patent red tape

Why the Delhi High Court rejected a Japanese firm's application for a patent on cancer detection using worms with an acute sense of smell. 

Can cancer cells ‘cheat’ drugs? US researchers find they ‘fake’ death to escape treatment

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.

On Camera

China is worried about US–Philippines military exercises. It’s too close for comfort

Official Chinese statements have described the drills as destabilising, warning that they risk escalation and that the participating countries are 'playing with fire.'

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.