Science and Technology - Briefs

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 …

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 …

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

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