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• 'Identifying cancer in kids early helps'

  Anumber of patients are forced to go to bigger cities like Delhi and Mumbai for treatment of childhood cancers as the facilities in Lucknow are limited said Prof Kumar.

  

• Don't ignore night sweats, experts associate it with one of the deadliest forms of cancer

  Night sweats, also known as drenching, are caused as the body’s natural response to chemicals made in cancerous cells. However, despite being a common lymphoma symptom, sweating at night must not be a reason to panic or rush to the doctor. It could give you insomnia and stress which can only make matters worse.

  

• Brazil reports monkeypox death, first outside Africa

  Brazil on Friday reported the first monkeypox-related death outside the African continent in the current outbreak, a 41-year-old man who, according to the health ministry, also suffered from lymphoma and a weakened immune system.

  

• Can We Cure Cancer - The Story of The ‘SMART’ Versus The ‘SHREWD

  The study of blood cells and their inner complexities over the last 30 years has helped the medical fraternity to somewhat understand the journey of a cell from the ‘good’ to ‘bad’ and ‘ugly’.

  

• Study suggests lymphoma cell metabolism might provide new cancer target

  The researchers, whose study was published in the journal Blood Cancer Discovery, showed that a protein called ATF4, a genetic master-switch that controls the activities of hundreds of genes, has a key role in supporting the fast growth of DLBCLs.

  

• First clinical trial of anticancer drug 'CAR-T' is underway for lymphoma patients

  It is a stage of evaluating the safety and effectiveness of the treatment, and the clinical trial phase 2 will be conducted on 70 patients next year.

  

• Appeals court upholds $25M award in Monsanto cancer case

  In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Monsanto's appeal of punitive damages awarded in 2019 by a San Francisco jury.

  

• Lymphoma drug outperforms Remdesivir against Covid virus

  A chemotherapy medication originally developed to treat lymphoma has outperformed the popular remdesivir drug against SARS-CoV-2 in lab settings, and could potentially be repurposed to treat Covid-19, say researchers.

  

• Stem cells from cord blood can now be used across many conditions: Mayur Abhaya, MD & CEO, LifeCell International

  The recent clinical progress that has been made in the medical space of stem cell transplantation is that now cord blood is considered as a better source than bone marrow cells. This was found in a research study based in US, published in 2020.

  

• We hope Indian ingenuity will help make cellular therapy for cancer affordable, says Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee

  Cancer physician, scientist and author of Pulitzer-winning The Emperor of All Maladies, Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee, is setting up a cellular therapy facility in Bengaluru in the hope of developing cheaper drugs.

  

• Bone marrow stem cell transplantation held in Salem hospital

  Bone marrow stem cell transplantation is performed as part of treatment for certain forms of blood cancer such as multiple myeloma, leukaemia and lymphoma.