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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Fight over Novartis's patent to intensify
The war over Glivec, a cancer treatment drug, is expected to intensify as two writ petitions filed by Novartis AG, the Swiss pharmaceutical group, come up for hearing on September 26, 2006, in the
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Cancer cells committing suicide?
Scientists have found a way to trick cancer cells into committing suicide. The technique potentially offers the means to personalised anti-cancer therapy. Most living cells contain a protein called
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New treatment for cervical tumours
a compound extracted from red algae (Kappaphycus alvarezii), which is grown widely in coastal Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, can cure cervical cancer, claims a study by a team of German and us
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Stress may lead to cancer
High levels of stress are known to cause diseases like hypertension, peptic ulcer and insomnia. But a group of scientists at the University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (in the US)
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Cloves can cure cancer Study
cloves, a commonly used spice, could do much more than flavour your food
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leukaemia breakthrough: A study by a team of scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital in Boston, USA, shows that cancer stem cells are different from normal blood stem
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Hazardous mobile air toxins in the air
the air around us is toxic, full of toxins that cause cancers, along with other serious ailments. The magnitude of air toxics is alarming, especially those emitted by vehicles. These are greater
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Solid biomass as cooking fuel is a killer
Use of biomass takes high toll
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Medicinal tree survives tissue culture process
Tissue culture technique for medicinal tree succeeds
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Nanotechnology can
Small is useful