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On World Cancer Day, explore why more people are donating their hair to make wigs for cancer patients

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[ad_1] A hair donation drive by The Cherian Foundation | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Eight-year-old Veer T grows his hair out every few months. Once it grows up to 12 inches, he gets it cut and sends it to the Cherian Foundation. This is a practice he picked up from father, and now this is something […]

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IIT Madras AI tool maps cancer-causing genes

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[ad_1] Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) have developed an Artificial Intelligence-based tool, PIVOT, that can predict cancer-causing genes in an individual. This early information can not only help prevent cancer but even devise personalised cancer treatment strategies. The cancer-causing gene prediction is based on a model that utilises information on […]

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