Transforming India’s approach to cancer care
In India, a country with a vast population and a diverse socio-economic fabric, healthcare remains fraught with challenges including disparities in access. These socio-economic disparities are deep, and
Cancer
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Advances Elusive in the Long Drive to Cure Cancer
In 1971, flush with the nation
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Cattle Genes May Give Clues About Human Health
Scientists have created the first genetic blueprint of domestic cattle, saying on Thursday the map may lead to tastier beef, better milk and even new insights about human health.
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8pc of population infected with hepatitis B virus Say experts
Experts at a thanksgiving ceremony yesterday said around eight percent of the country's total population is infected with hepatitis B virus, while below one percent with hepatitis C virus. They also said that 3.5 percent of the pregnant mothers are affected with hepatitis B.
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Scorpion venom fights cancer spread
A deadlybrew of nanoparticles and scorpion venom halts cancer spread by 98 per cent. This is an increase of 45 per cent from cases when the venom was used alone.
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Regimens: Broccoli Sprouts May Be Germ Fighters
Eating broccoli sprouts may be an effective way to control the germ that causes most peptic ulcers and is strongly associated with stomach cancer, a small study has found. Dietary Sulforaphane-Rich Broccoli Sprouts Reduce Colonization and Attenuate Gastritis in Helicobacter pylori
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Found: Key gene that can fight leukaemia
Paving the way for a targeted treatment for leukaemia and other blood cancers, scientists have found a gene called JunB that controls the rapid production and differentiation of the stem cells that produce all blood cell types. The investigators have also uncovered evidence that could lead to a protocol for bone marrow transplants that could boost the chance of a cure in some patients.
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Uranium content in Bathinda water High
Guru Nanak Dev University has claimed that high uranium content have been found in water samples collected from Bathinda and its suburbs and it is the main reason of a high incidence of cancer among local people. Sources from university
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Battling cervical cancer (editorial)
Cervical cancer, an easily detectable and preventable form of the disease, kills about 50 per cent of the 500,000 women who are infected every year with the human papillomavirus (HPV). Four in five of the infected women are in developing countries, which account for 80 per cent of mortality from cervical cancer.
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New tech-aided hope for cancer, arthritis
SANGEETHA CHENGAPPA BENGALURU Four years ago, oncologists gave up on eight-year old Rohan Ganesh who was in the throes of advanced brain cancer with a tumour in the upper base of his brain. With his right hand paralysed, right leg weakened and vomiting several times a day, a severe headache throughout the day was his constant companion.
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An inhibitor of NEDD8-activating enzyme as a new approach to treat cancer
This study has developed the first small molecule NEDD8-activating enzyme (NAE) inhibitor, which induces cancer cell death and exerts anti-tumour activity in preclinical mouse models. This work establishes NAE as an anti-cancer target and may lead to new anti-cancer therapeutics.