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cancer innovation
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She’s Gone and Done It: The Story of Dr. Nageatte Ibrahim
Dr. Nageatte Ibrahim has spent her career at the intersection of oncology, science, and medicine, with achievements resulting in global impacts. Trained as a physician and scientist, she played a central role in the development of Keytruda, one of the…
How a Brain-Destroying Protein Became Cancer’s Ally: Alpha-Synuclein Emerges as a New Target in Melanoma
The alpha-synuclein, a protein long associated with Parkinson’s disease may hold the key to melanoma proliferation. The study, published in Science Advances, on 9 April, suggests that while excess alpha-synuclein results in cell death in neurons, conversely, it enables uncontrolled…