New research to cut down chemotherapy side- effects

Scientists from Duke University have determined the structure of a key molecule that can carry chemotherapy and anti-viral drugs into cells, which could help to create more effective drugs with fewer effects to More...

Developing better combination therapies for colorectal cancer

Scientists at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, U.S.A, have shed new light on the molecular connection between chronic inflammation and DNA methylation, a process that shuts down cancer-fighting More...

Breast Cancer: Embracing uncertainity and hope!

Ana Gospodinoff regards her husband, Victor, as her hero and the best provider she could ever have. Victor calls her a living miracle. Together, they tell Ana’s cancer story to as many people as they can, to inspire More...

Chlorophyll: An anticancer medicine or tumor trigger?

As per a new study, chlorophyll contained in green vegetables offers protection against cancer against modest carcinogen exposure levels (usually found in the environment) but increases the number of tumors at very More...

Capsule Endoscopy introduced in South India: NIMS Medicity

NIMS Medicity – a 350 bed hospital in Kerala, India, has introduced wireless capsule endoscopy, which is a new, non-invasive diagnostic tool for detection of diseases in the small intestines.  This technique More...