Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla on Wednesday Tweeted “vaccine hesitancy is now the greatest threat in overcoming this pandemic”. This comes on a day when the health ministry report mentioned India has administered over 114 crore vaccines. Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla tweeted that the vaccine industry has worked tirelessly to provide enough stocks for … Read more
Washington: Immune checkpoint inhibitors, which unleash the immune response against tumor cells, have revolutionized cancer treatment; however, the medications aren’t effective in a large number of patients, including those with colorectal cancer. New research published in the journal PNAS that was led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE) … Read more
Since the 1990s, prostate cancer death rates have dropped for all men — most of all for African Americans. That’s progress, for sure, but it’s not the full picture. Black men have a greater risk of getting prostate cancer — and a more aggressive type — than white men, says Brandon A. Mahal, MD, a … Read more