Mapping the fission yeast

Discovering mutations

Cancer fighter

How a molecule stops unhealthy genetic activity

A disease on the rise

Asthma is extremely low in India's healthcare policy framework, especially for the poor

Menadione v microtubule

Say NO to survivin'

Poison aid

Salmonella can fight cancer

Confounding clues

Lifestyle differences make even healthy genes vary in people   

Lung cancer common in Indian men

Breast cancer among women

India had the second highest number of cancer deaths in Asia in 2019: Lancet

Apart from tobacco smoking and ambient air pollution, high prevalence of smokeless tobacco public health concern in South Asian countries 

Explained: The cancer therapy that got two immunologists a Nobel

The immunologists’ immune checkpoint therapy has revolutionised cancer treatment

Turmeric shields

Operation Himalayan yew

Radioactive by accident

Breast milk is best milk

Anti-carcinogenic properties of breast milk come to light

Genes to the rescue

East is best

Risky take-off

Thailand

Toxic, but preferred

Tackling tumours

Shark tissues show the promise of preventing tumours from regenerating

The grape cure

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Zapped

Blasting tumours with particle beams. That's what European scientists are trying to do

Bad fats

A study distinguishes the "bad" fats from their more harmless cousins