Soumya Shraddhya Paul, Amity University, Noida Gastric cancer is known to be highly prevalent among all the primary gastrointestinal malignancies globally, it is also considered to be the third most deadly cancer. Often it has been noticed that the cases of gastric cancer are prevalent based on geographical areas like Latin America, East/Central Asia, and […]
Ananya Dutta, Bose Institute This is the aphorism of Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center, New York, USA. At MSK it is believed that immunotherapy is one of the most promising treatments to treat, cure, and eventually prevent cancer. Immunotherapy cradled from MSK about more than a century ago. William Coley (1893), a surgeon at […]
Koustav Maiti, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara Cancer can be defined by two properties: 1. They reproduce cells by the violation of normal cell growth and division, and 2. They occupy other regions conserved for other normal cells by the properties of invasion and metastasis. Metastasis is the most important character of cancer cells […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata What did Oscar Wilde mean when he said-“Life imitates art more than art imitates life”? We as biologists concern ourselves with the Science of life and indeed it is not uncommon that, quite often the art of discovery derives its inspiration from nature itself. Synthetic Biology is a modern interdisciplinary […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Researchers have commenced on re-established investigations concerning androgen treatment – a precursory breast cancer treatment, as recent findings in mice have shown that it might help to restrict tumor development. In 2020, approximately 2 million people in the United States were diagnosed with this cancer. Around 15% of those […]
Anish Pyne, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Although we usually tend to fear the painful sting of a Honeybee since our early childhood days, science offers a different perspective for it. Studies suggest that honeybee venom can be one of the most crucial weapons for mankind. Recently, an in vitro study conducted in Harry Perkins […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Cancer, one of the deadliest diseases, is characterized by abnormal cell growth with it’s potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Despite the therapeutic advances in treating cancer, it is still the major cause of death in developing countries. Chemotherapeutic resistance remains the main characteristic […]
Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata Human Papillomavirus (HPV) related head and neck cancer is identified as a distinct tumor entity with an elevated incidence reported for several countries. These tumors arise from squamous cells, ordinarily in the oropharynx. In contrast to other risk factors that are associated with cancer, HPV related cancer is driven by […]
Shrayana Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata A hero in disguise, which was earlier set aside for not being medically useful, recently proved potent against breast cancer cell growth and, also doesn’t affect the division of normal cells. This could be a futuristic solution by being a very useful cancer chemotherapy treatment. The ground-breaking discovery was made […]
Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University, Kolkata Osteosarcoma is a rare malignant bone tumour found in adults and children. It is characterized by early lung metastasis and poor prognosis that seriously the physical and mental health of patients. Chemotherapy and surgery include the main clinical treatment however, recurrence of metastasis remains the poor prognosis. Advances in the […]
