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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.

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Cautious optimism — India’s new relationship with Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh

Both Bangladesh and India will have to work together to repair the damage done during the Yunus administration.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.