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Dec 08, 2020
New Delhi, Dec 08 (ANI): How well women with cervical cancer respond to treatment and survive correlates with the level of 10 proteins in their blood that also are associated with a "zombie" cell state called senescence, Medical College of Georgia scientists report. They looked at pre-treatment levels of these proteins in the blood of 565 Peruvian women with stage 2 and 3 cervical cancer, who received standard treatments of internal radiation, called brachytherapy, external radiation or both. They found that women with low levels of the proteins secreted by senescent cells had higher survival rates than those with high levels of these senescence-associated secreted phenotypes, or SASPs. Additionally, they found that brachytherapy, which implants a radiation source close to the cervix, greatly improved survival of patients who had high levels of these SASPs but had little impact on those with low levels. In women with moderate to high blood levels of SASPs, use of a class of drugs called senolytics -- which target these cells for elimination and are under study to improve age-related problems and disease -- as an adjunct therapy could help, says Dr. Sharad Purohit, biochemist in the MCG Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine and the study's first author. Cervical cancer is the most common gynaecological cancer, caused almost exclusively by the human papillomavirus. While it is largely preventable by regular Pap smears that can detect early, precancerous changes, or by vaccines against HPV, survival rates for those who get it have been stagnant for...
Dec 07, 2020
Farmers agitation: ‘Returning awards is only for advertisement’, says MoS Reddy
New Delhi, Dec 08 (ANI): Speaking to ANI in the national capital on December 07, Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs, G Kishan Reddy spoke...
Delegation of 20 farmers meets Agriculture Minister Tomar
New Delhi, Dec 07 (ANI): A delegation of 20 farmers mainly from Haryana met Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on December 07 to lend support...
Delhi Police crackdown drug peddling racket
New Delhi, 07 December (ANI): With the arrest of two accused Crime Branch Of Delhi Police busted a gang of drug peddlers. The accused...
50.08% voter turnout recorded in 4th phase of DDC elections: J&K EC
Jammu, Dec 07 (ANI): Jammu & Kashmir State Election Commissioner, KK Sharma on December 07 informed that a total of 50.08 per cent voter turnout was...
Kashmir gets customer care facility for better power supply, grievance redressal
Srinagar (J&K), Dec 07 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated an e-Customer Care Service of the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited to provide...
Arrest of 5 suspected terrorists has no connection with farmers’ protest: Delhi Police
New Delhi, Dec 07 (ANI): On being asked if the arrest of five people, suspected to be terrorists, in Delhi today is linked with farmers' protests,...
Akhilesh Yadav detained by police during protest against farm laws
Lucknow (UP), Dec 07 (ANI): On Dec 07, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and party workers staged protest in Lucknow in support of protesting farmers....
Dargah of Dastageer Sahib in Srinagar spreads love and peace
Srinagar, Dec 07 (ANI): The mystical form of Islam has entrenched itself at the centre of cultural and spiritual life in India. Serving as the richest...
NGO in Amritsar supporting needy people across faiths amid COVID-19
Amritsar (Punjab), Dec 07 (ANI): As the Indian government is busy battling coronavirus outbreak, a number of citizens and organizations too are not behind in extending...
Prayers organised for farmers at Golden Temple
Amritsar (Punjab), Dec 07 (ANI): The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) organised special prayers in support of protesting farmers on December 07. The prayers were organised...
Cyclone 'Burevi' aftermath: MK Stalin distributes relief material
Chennai, Dec 07 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president MK Stalin distributed relief material in Chennai among people who got affected due to flood-like situation in...
TMC is with farmers, but won't support 'Bharat Bandh' in WB: Saugata Roy
Kolkata, Dec 07 (ANI): Ahead of 'Bharat Bandh' protest called by farmers on December 08, All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and MP Saugata Roy on...
