The breakthrough promises to reduce complexity of cancer treatment (Image: www.brecorder.com) Chennai: Two alumni of educational institutions from the city are at the forefront of a breakthrough in cancer treatment, which they claim can remove the shroud of inevitable fatality associated with the disease. The breakthrough pertains to the discovery and synthesis of a protein that can be lethal to tumour cells and Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) – the root causes for the disease and its re-generation. Born in a hamlet in Namakkal, Salem district – the same as that of the Indian mathematical genius Srinivasan Ramanujam – and educated at the Madras Christian College and JIPMER, Puducherry, Prof Arunasalam Dharmarajan claims to have discovered the protein, codenamed SC-201. The professor, who is presently with the School of Biomedical Sciences at Curtin University, Perth, Australia, says that the protein has the potential to lead to the development of a drug that cou...
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