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Research finds therapeutic drugs can render cancer cells weaponless
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bonn [Germany], August 28 (ANI): The protective scent that tumour cells spray themselves with suppresses the immune system. It seems, however, that a medicine that has already been approved for other uses can render this weapon harmless.
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Research finds reason for return of brain cancer
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 27 (ANI): According to researchers working to develop a cure for brain cancer, the deadliest type of the disease returns because tumours adapt to therapy by recruiting help from nearby healthy tissue.
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GenepoweRx and Onco.com collaborate to bring world-class, affordable advan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI/PNN): Advanced genetic sequencing for cancer patients would now become more affordable and easily accessible with the newly announced collaboration between GenepoweRx, India's most trusted Genetic Testing company, and Onco.com, India's leading patient-centri
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Study sheds light on progression of pancreatic cancer
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI): A detailed analysis of pancreatic cancer by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has revealed details of two key transition points in the development of these tumours the shift from normal cells to precancerous cells and the c
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Guru Harikrishn Foundation, a non-profit institution, is making quality ca
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Gauri, Manju, Shahbaz, all three of them are middle-aged, bread earners for their families. All three of them had cancer and they couldn't afford the treatment cost. Gauri had a timely Thyroid surgery which cured her of her disease along
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Study: Therapeutic drug can render cancer cells
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bonn [Germany], August 26 (ANI): The immune system is suppressed by the protective scent that many tumour cells spray themselves with. However, it appears that a medicine that has already been approved for other uses can render this weapon harmless. A study from the University of Bonn and th
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Leisure activities may lower risk of death in older adults
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Maryland [US], August 26 (ANI): According to a recent study led by researchers at the National Cancer Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health, older adults may have a lower risk of death from any cause, as well as death from cardiovascular disease and cancer, if they engag
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Study suggests tumour environment might affect breast cancer prognosis
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Lund (Sweden) [Europe], August 25 (ANI): A study from Lund University in Sweden suggests that the environment in which breast cancer arises, the interplay between the patient's BMI, tumour size and cancer-specific proteins, is of importance for the prognosis.
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Researchers identify chemo alternative for targeted treatment of leukemia
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
California [US], August 25 (ANI): Chemotherapy is a painful experience. The treatments in general have terrible side effects and it's no secret that the medications used are frequently hazardous to both the patient and the tumour. Because tumours spread so quickly, the theory is that chemoth
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PM Modi inaugurates Amrita Hospital in Faridabad, Cancer Hospital in Mohal
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Faridabad/Mohali [India], August 24 (ANI): In a major boost to health care facilities in the northern region of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated a cancer hospital and research centre in Mohali and Amrita Hospital in Faridabad.
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Biologists track DNA 'parasites' in the hunt for disease treatments
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 24 (ANI): The study of transposons by biologists provides a fresh understanding of these organisms, the knowledge that may one day aid in the battle against cancer and age-related disorders.
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Govt approved 40 specialized cancer institutes across country, over 200 ne
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Mohali (Punjab) [India], August 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the Centre has approved about 40 specialized cancer institutes across the country, out of which many hospitals have already started providing services, while also adding that over 200 new medical
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