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Brain Tumour: Types, symptoms and research in Pakistan
Tumour are abnormal growth of the cell or uncontrolled division of cell that serve up no function. There are two types of brain tumour; one is benign tumour and other…
Pakistani scientist makes cancer breakthrough
An award-winning Pakistani scientist who hails from Karachi’s Lyari area, has successfully discovered the cancer-killing mechanism that is applicable to the treatment of a wide-range of cancer types. Making a…
Breast cancer current status in Pakistan and worldwide innovation (Nano-oncology) and way forward
Cancer: Tumor is caused by the group of cells that performs abnormal job that structure lumps or growth. Tumor can start anywhere in trillions of cells in our body they…
Female breast cancer incidence in Asia and its management
In the past few decades, Asia has seen rapid economic growth resulting in increasing life expectancy, declining mortality from communicable diseases and westernization of lifestyle. While these developments are overall…
PTCL organizes Breast Cancer Awareness drive in collaboration with Pink Ribbon
PR: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the country’s leading ICT services provider, in collaboration with Pink Ribbon Pakistan held Breast Cancer awareness session at PTCL Head office in Islamabad today.…
Over 2 million skin cancer cases may prevents by Montreal Protocol each year
NOU: The Ministry of Climate Change, National Ozone Unit in collaboration with Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) organized an interactive awareness workshop on standards in Refrigeration and…
Dr Sherwani identified biofilm as a tool of infection in H.pylori causing cancer
C2 FUUAST: The young and dynamic microbiologist Dr Sikandar K. Sherwani of Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Karachi identified Biofilm as a tool of infection in World's first…
Medicinal radio-isotopes can be beneficial for accurate diagnosis of cancer: Prof Dr Qaim
STAFF REPORT IBD: Each year, tens of millions of patients receive accelerator-based diagnoses and therapy in hospitals and clinics around the world. Particle accelerators are used to produce radioisotopes…
Photothermal therapy of cancer with gold nanoparticles
One nanometer is a billionth of a meter and nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at nanoscale or in other words at molecular level which gives…
Arsenic contaminated water cause of cancer
STAFF REPORT KHI: It is alarming that arsenic-laced water is being consumed in the city, which is one of the major causes of cancer, said Dr Zafar Fatmi, an…
Pak US scientist facilitated on cancer discovery
MONITORING REPORT ISB: Pakistans ambassador to the US, Jalil Abbas Jilani, facilitated Pakistan-American scientist Nergis Mavalvala for her outstanding achievement in the field of #xD;
Mavalvala…
Pak scientist develops device to enable early cancer detection
MONITORING REPORT ISB: A Pakistani electrical engineer based in the US has developed a device that helps in detecting cancer early, which is one of the biggest…
Anti-cancer affectivity of Soybean
SOYBEAN IS one of the most important sources of protein and oil in the world. Soybean seeds contain 20% high quality oil and 36% protein on dry…
Pinktober Celebrated by Mobilink to increase Breast Cancer awareness.
Mobilink celebrated Pinktober in association with Pink Ribbon at the iconic Pakistan Monument shakarparian Islamabad, as a means to support Pink Ribbons campaign to increase awareness about Breast Cancer.…
Bio-repository, Cancer Registry projects open
STAFF REPORT KHI: Bio-repository and Cancer Registry Projects have been inaugurated at the Department of Pathology, Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences Ojha #xD; Prof. Naeem…
CYBERKNIFE-Robotic Radio-surgery system a hope for cancer patients
THE PAST few decades have witnessed a remarkable progress in the development of instrumentation and in the use and applications of medical imaging #xD;
Imaging possibilities and their…
PSF, PRC join h and s to promote research on breast cancer
STAFF REPORT IBD: Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF), Ministry of Science and Technology and Pink Ribbon Campaign (PRC) Pakistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an aim to promote…