The government has fixed trade margins of over 40 costly cancer drugs following which prices have come down significantly, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour, the minister also said India now has the capability to manufacture cancer treatment drugs, which are otherwise imported. … Read more
July 30, 2021 — Since the conception of anti-cancer drugs, they have been produced from plants, animals, and microorganisms. But these biological sources for the drugs often easily break down before reaching their targets. To stop that deterioration, and to prevent side effects, scientists have searched for more effective way to deliver and release … Read more
BENGALURU: Researchers from the Institute For Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Bengaluru, in collaboration with Curie Institute, Orsay, France have developed a molecular sensor, which can identify cancer drugs of therapeutic value by detecting how such chemicals modify microtubules inside living cells. They have published their findings in the Journal of Cell Biology. … Read more