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TopicTumours

Topic: Tumours

Swiss researchers may have found a new way to ferry cancer drugs to tumours — ‘magnetic’ bacteria

Scientists from ETH Zurich demonstrate how movements of bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum can be controlled by magnets from outside body. Findings published in Science Robotics.

How machine learning model from IIT-Madras team could boost personalised cancer therapy

IIT-Madras study, published in the journal ‘Frontier in Genetics’, dwells on algorithm to identify personalised genes that have the potential to form and drive cancer in individuals.

Why keto diet does not restrict tumour growth & an ancient predator is now a timid herbivore

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Brain cancer: Why killing the fastest growing cells may not be the only treatment

Because of the lack of effective therapies, the average survival with glioblastoma is only 15 months.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation in play: Air Headquarters to control strategic assets  

Exclusive: Theaterisation proposal has been stuck over how limited air assets would be divided. Consensus reached on division of air assets among 3 theatres, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.