Tobacco use accounts for 40 per cent of all cancers in India, says report
Every year nearly one million new cancer cases are diagnosed in India, the prevalence being 2.5 million. With mortalities
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Editorial: BRCA genes – Patent justice
The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that DNA segments are a product of nature and hence not patent-eligible has worldwide
Read MoreEditorial: When commerce rules the roost
Awareness about genetic testing to know if a woman with a family history of breast cancer and ovarian cancer carries
Read MoreBRCA gene case: will the court take the middle ground?
The U.S. Supreme Court is currently hearing a case on the validity of the isolated DNA and cDNA patents filed
Read More‘Not all BRAC1, BRAC2 mutations result in breast cancer’
“Genetic test for BRCA1/2 is not recommended as a screening test,” said Dr. Vani Parmar, Associate Professor, Department of Surgical
Read MoreEditorial: Licensed to kill
Published in The Hindu on April 2, 2012 That tobacco products are singularly responsible for a large number of cancer
Read More‘Cancer killed 5.56 lakh in India in 2010’
Published in The Hindu on March 29, 2012 Cancer killed 5,56,400 people across the country in 2010. The 30-69 age
Read MoreEditorial: A ray of hope
Published in The Hindu on June 3, 2010 The results of a vaccine trial for preventing breast cancer in mice
Read MoreEditorial: Landmark judgment
Published in The Hindu on April 14, 2010 Who owns your genes? Among others, medical diagnostics companies, which — in
Read MoreWhat invalidating breast cancer gene patents implies
Published in The Hindu on April 8, 2010 Will purification of genes extracted from our body change their composition or
Read MoreTargeted killing of cancer stem cells
Published in The Hindu on August 14, 2009 Cancer treatment has got a shot in the arm. Scientists have been
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Detecting breast cancer using thermal imaging
Screening to detect breast cancer early may become a reality if thermography (thermal imaging) that is in the early stages
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