Cancer drugs

DNA Exclusive: Analysis of black market of fake cancer medicines in India

In today's DNA, Zee News' Rohit Ranjan will analyse the fake cancer medicines racket running in the country.

Nov 17, 2022, 23:34 PM IST

Repurposing cancer drugs may help treat HPVs

Preclinical experiments by researchers at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the US suggest the cancer drugs vorinostat, belinostat and panobinostat might help treat HPVs.

Dec 03, 2018, 11:56 AM IST

New cancer drugs don't work efficiently: Study

The researchers found that of cancer drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) between 2009 and 2013, 57 percent (39/68) had no supporting evidence of better survival or quality of life when they entered the market.

Oct 06, 2017, 13:03 PM IST

New drug may inhibit cancer cell growth

The team also found an LxxLL motif (a common sequence of amino acids) in the p85a protein, which acts as an intermediary between RXRa and PI3K.

Aug 06, 2017, 19:03 PM IST

Cancer cells can take 100 times the hit with a combination of vitamin C and antibiotics, says study!

The new combination approach prevents cancer cells from changing their diet (metabolically inflexible), and effectively starves them, by preventing them from using any other available types of bio-fuels.

Jun 13, 2017, 18:47 PM IST

Major price cut in cancer, diabetic drugs: Regulator

The prices of other important cancer drugs, such as Nanoxel (Rs 1,035) and Frastim (Rs 1,273) have been slashed by 55 per cent and 51 per cent respectively.

Mar 06, 2017, 23:37 PM IST

This is how lung cancer can be prevented – Read

The 'post office' of the cell -- or the Golgi apparatus as it is more commonly known -- has the ability to package proteins in order to transport them to other parts of the cell or to deliver them to areas outside of the cell.

Nov 26, 2016, 20:49 PM IST

Shape-shifting nanoparticles to deliver drugs

Professor Warren Chan from the University of Toronto has spent the last decade figuring out how to deliver chemotherapy drugs into tumours - and nowhere else.

Feb 22, 2016, 11:31 AM IST

Energy sensor a potential target for future cancer drugs

When GTP levels are increased and utilised as fuel by rampaging cancer cells, its ability to perform its primary goals is compromised.

Jan 08, 2016, 13:45 PM IST

First-of-a-kind drug approvals continued rise in 2015

Approvals for first-of-a-kind drugs climbed last year, pushing the annual tally of new U.S. drugs to its highest level in 19 years. The rising figures reflect an industry-wide focus on drugs for rare and hard-to-treat diseases, which often come with streamlined reviews, extra patent protections and higher price tags.

Jan 05, 2016, 09:56 AM IST

India, France to make cheaper cancer, cardiovascular drugs

 AIIMS in collaboration with France-based FAM-Medical Academy Foundation and the French embassy in India has decided to develop cheaper medicines for cancer and cardiovascular diseases.

Nov 19, 2015, 17:00 PM IST

Sun Pharma, Israel university ink pact to develop anti-cancer drugs

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has inked a pact with Israel's Technion university to develop anti-cancer drugs.

Apr 15, 2015, 19:05 PM IST