Decoded: What triggers spread of cancer cells
Yale scientists also developed a tool to detect spread in patients with renal, brain cancers
Protein marker for a deadly brain tumour identified
Gliomas are untreatable tumours with a poor prognosis, high morbidity and mortality rates
Researchers decode why brain tumours are hard to treat
Cancer cells essentially get integrated into the brain’s neural network and flourish with the help of structures that neurons use to …
How cancer cells move and metastasize is influenced by the fluids surrounding them
Fluid between cancer cells in tumors is more viscous than the fluid between normal cells in healthy tissues
Younger people are more prone to cancer, here is why
Risk factors include — highly processed foods, sugary beverages, weight, type 2 diabetes, sedentary lifestyle, sleep deprivation and …
What are these ‘cancer vaccines’ I’m hearing about? And what similarities do they share with COVID vaccines?
Rather than preventing disease, these vaccines are a personalised treatment for cancer, to combat disease
How COVID-19 affects the brain
Inflammation of the brain; blood clots; damage to the nerves in the body — how COVID-19 virus SARS-CoV-2 affects the human brain&…
Ominous Signs: How deadly cancer is for India
While cases have increased in all the 28 cancer registries in India, mortality has gone up in 14. People of northeastern states are most …
Mobile radiation scare in Jaipur
Rajasthan says levels within permissible limit. Critics claim even ‘safe’ levels are harmful
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