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Medicine
New “Base Editing” Therapy Cures Teen of Incurable Cancer
A form of biological engineering called "base editing" has cured a teenager's seemingly uncurable cancer in the United Kingdom.
Alyssa, a thirteen-year-old girl from Leicester, was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) in May 2021. After chemotherapy and a...
Medicine
New Drug Fights Cancer and COVID-19
In order to combat infectious diseases, scientific advances have become faster, better, and more accessible. Now, scientists have discovered a drug called HA15 that may be useful in the fight against both cancer and SARS-CoV-2.
It was in search of...
Greek News
Cancer-Killing Virus Shows Impressive Results in Patients
Scientists in the UK have identified a cancer-killing virus involving therapy that uses a common virus to infect and destroy harmful cells. Early trials of the virus therapy on patients have been especially promising.
The drug is a weakened form...
Canada
Greek-Canadian UFC Fighter Elias “The Spartan” Theodorou Dies at 34
Theodorou Elias, a former Greek-Canadian Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter commonly known as ‘The Spartan,’ passed away at his home in Toronto, Canada on Sunday.
The 34-year-old UFC fighter’s peaceful repose was confirmed through his official social media accounts “after...
Diaspora
Greek-American Vivian Panou Passes Away
Vivian Panou, a passionate member of the Greek-American community, has lost her 5-year battle with cancer and passed away on August 24.
Greek News
Cancer-Curing Water: the Scam that Fooled Thousands of Greeks
It was the beginning of 1976 when a lawyer called Giorgos Kamateros claimed that he had discovered the cure for cancer in the miracle water of a spring located in his hometown on the Greek island of Kos.
The 36-year-old...
Medicine
Cancer Drug Trial Sees Tumors Disappear in All Patients
A new cancer drug called dostarlimab is giving hope for beating rectal and possibly other forms of cancer after a trial resulted in the disappearance of tumors in all fourteen patients.
Researchers in the field of colorectal cancer are hailing...
Ancient Greece
How Was Cancer Treated in Ancient Greece?
It was Hippocrates, the father of medicine, who identified and gave the name cancer to the illness that blights humanity to this day.
Medicine
Cancer Has a Smell — and Technology May Soon Be Able to Sniff It Out
Throughout our homes, we have electronics that can hear and see us, but we don't yet have technology that can smell. However, even this may be changing. And what if we could detect cancer by smelling it? The science...
Europe
Childhood Cancer Day: European Parliament Adopts Plan to Tackle Disease
On International Childhood Cancer Day (ICDC), February 15, the European Parliament is set to approve a landmark report to tackle risk factors, improve cancer care and increase research cooperation and funding.
ICCD is a global collaborative campaign to raise awareness...