Husna, Amity University Kolkata What is Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)? Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is cancer in the liver. It is the most common type of primary liver cancer that occurs mostly in people with chronic liver diseases, such as cirrhosis caused by hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a digestive malignant tumour, […]
Shayan Ahmed, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Cancer stem cells (CSCs) have recently been discovered in a number of different cancers, including pancreatic cancers. These are called pancreatic cancer stem cells (PCSCs). Pancreatic cancer is a frequently occurring cancer with a bad prognosis. Evidence suggests that sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) has biological activities that contribute to […]
Chitra Roy, University of Calcutta MicroRNA is a non-protein-coding RNA molecule about 18-22 nucleotides long which post-transcriptionally regulates various gene expression through genetic and epigenetic mechanisms. They have several target genes on mRNA and the complementarity of microRNA-mRNA is the basis of gene silencing either by inhibiting the translation process or by directly degrading the […]
