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Is Fungus responsible for Tumors?

We all know that these microorganisms exist everywhere. From molding breads to eat away our plants. But we didn’t know, until recently, that these fungi also found in many tumors. Researchers discovered fungi lurking in tumors of different kinds of cancers, including breast, colon, lung, and pancreatic cancers. But what raises the biggest question is that if these fungi […]

Tech for Tumors

Wearable health monitoring devices are all the buzz nowadays. Researchers from Stanford Univeristy developed a wearable device, that is capable of measuring size change in cancerous tumors. Traditionally, tumors are diagnosed and measured using diagnostic imaging like x-rays, CT and MRI. This brings about certain limitations as it involves major human intervention and high costs during the diagnosis. This […]