Tag: cancer treatment
India-UK project to find affordable solutions to cancer
In order to promote research in affordable approaches to cancer, the government’s Department of Biotechnology has joined hands with British charity, Cancer Research UK, to launch a research challenge for affordable approaches to cancer................
How advances in nanotechnology may help in targeted cancer treatment
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from India and America have developed one such nanotool that shows potential in precise imaging and treatment of tumours......................
Varian Medical Systems acquires Cancer Treatment Services International
Varian has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Cancer Treatment Services International. Privately held, CTSI operates the American Oncology Institute in Hyderabad and 10 multidisciplinary, radiation, medical and surgical oncology, cancer centers across the Indian subcontinent......................
New method for controlled-release makes cancer drugs less toxic
Researchers have developed a superstructure of cyclodextrin and polyurethane polymer that acts as a drug depot and releases a drug in a slow and controlled manner, increasing its efficiency...............
Tweaking of schedule could make cancer drugs more effective
By changing the timing of drug administration, the researchers at IIT-Madras could reprogram internal rhythms of reactive species production.............
New drug combos using pain killers may be effective against cancer
Researchers have combined ruthenium, a metal which is part of the platinum group, with commonly used pain killers (categorized as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) to develop four new drug complexes..........