Evergreen Novartis

The Swiss pharma giant’s challenge to India’s patent law, now in the Supreme Court, may help define drug efficacy

Simply Put: Free with your baby powder

COVID-19: More than 28,000 children died of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020

Travel restrictions mean children with cancer can’t seek hospital care in time

Research on fundamental cell process wins Medicine Nobel 2019

William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza had described how a cell senses and adapts to the level of oxygen available

Scientists synthesise new compound to fight stomach infections

IIT-Gandhinagar scientists have found a way to fight a bacteria that causes gastritis, peptic ulcers and stomach cancers

India and UK launch new research initiative on cancer

The partnership is aimed at finding new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer with a focus on affordable approaches

The craft of corrupt science

If there is evidence of toxicity in Monsanto’s glyphosate, then why are governments not banning it?

What elephants teach us about cancer prevention

Elephants naturally avoid cancer after 55 million years of evolution. Scientists are studying if they can extract lessons that could help people

Mammograms linked to overdiagnosis, overtreatment of breast cancer: study

Women are unnecessarily treated with anti-cancer therapies, including chemotherapy, for tumours that would never have caused a health problem

Brush with cancer

Documentary>>Cancer Katha, Director Vasudha Joshi, Produced by Public Service Broadcasting Trust, 26 minutes

Sun Pharma, Novartis settle lawsuit over Glivec

Sun Pharma allowed to launch generic version of anti-leukamia drug next year

Medicinal tea

Genes, Dreams and Reality

Don't blame your genes. Environment and lifestyle cause cancer

Suffocating Kolkata

Air pollution has put the city of joy on top of the lung cancer map in the country

Housewarning

Pesticide exposure can lead to leukaemia in children

Toxin trial-blazer

Cost-effective and easy way to test aflatoxin contamination evolved

Ringing in heaps of trouble

Vague verdict

Report on endosulfan raises more questions than it answers

Cancer agent

Cadmium affects the genome

Mizoram’s malignancy

Cancer gnawing at the northeast state

World Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UNICEF pledge close to $600 million to combat cervical cancer

Commitments at first ever global forum to eliminate the fourth most prevalent cancer among women

Mobile tower risks: Rajasthan High Court issues notice to telecom operators

Petition filed by two senior citizens dwells on harmful and hazardous radiation from towers

Pesticides, food additives and scientific lies

Calculated Risks: The toxicity and human health risks of chemicals in our environment Joseph V Rodricks . Publisher: Cambridge University Press, …

Genetic mapping of cancer cells raises hope of improved treatment

Researchers say better understanding of how cancers start and evolve can help improve efficiency of targeted treatment of cancers

Gopal Subramaniam, Rohinton Nariman swap places in Novartis patent case

 Will take on each other in the patent case of anti-cancer drug Glivec filed by Novartis