Podcast: Striking at the root of head and neck cancer
Researchers at IISER Bhopal have found that depleting the production of a specific protein kinase (PAK2) has a cascading effect
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Podcast: Drug loaded in nanovesicles improves cancer drug delivery
IISER Pune researchers have increased the uptake of poorly water-soluble anticancer drug by loading it in nanovesicles that self-assemble. The nanovesicles
Read MoreIISER Pune team uses nanovesicles to improve cancer drug delivery
IISER Pune researchers have increased the uptake of poorly water-soluble anticancer drug by loading it in nanovesicles that self-assemble. The
Read MoreA new blood test could detect early stage melanoma in more than 80% of patients
Mel Ziman, Edith Cowan University Melanoma kills more than 1,700 Australians every year, which is more than the national
Read MoreIIT Gandhinagar team takes initial step to treat breast, prostate cancer
IIT Gandhinagar researchers have successfully produced large quantity of a biologically active protein involved in DNA damage response pathway in breast and prostate
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Oncologists step aside, here comes medical astrologers
Pseudoscience has reached a new low in the form of medical astrology. Mushrooming of predatory journals in India is helping
Read MoreCancer conference sponsored by IIT Madras mired in controversy
The International Conference on Translational Cancer Research sponsored by IIT Madras, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas and the Society
Read MoreIISc researchers overthrow cancer metastasis dogma
IISc researchers have uncovered a novel mechanism by which cancer cells in circulation stay alive. They found the protein kinase
Read MoreIISER Pune team unravels nuclear protein lamin B2’s novel role
In addition to its location at the border of the nucleus, nuclear protein lamin B2 was found right near the
Read MoreIISER Pune researchers study the early stages of transformation into cancerous cells
Researchers at IISER Pune have found a particular protein (DNA-dependent protein kinase, DNA-PK), which normally repairs any damage to cell DNA,
Read MoreIACS researchers use a novel compound to kill cancer cells
IACS researchers have synthesised a novel porphyrin compound that shows potent anticancer activity. The porphyrin compound selectively targets and binds
Read MoreIGIB discovers a protein regulating melanoma growth, pigmentation
IGIB researchers have for the first time identified a calcium sensor protein (STIM1) that independently regulates both skin cancer and pigmentation.
Read MoreDiagnosing early-stage cervical cancer using artificial intelligence
Using an artificial intelligence-based algorithm that uses scattered light data from tissues, researchers from IISER Kolkata and IIT Kanpur have
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