Sugar levels linked to breast cancer invasion
Sugar levels linked to breast cancer invasion
ByHemanth CSHemanth CS / Updated: Jan 7, 2021, 06:00 IST
IISc researchers observed that
Researchers of the
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have recently found out that differences in sugar levels drive breast cancer invasion. The research team led by Ramray Bhat, assistant professor, Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, IISc, revealed that a specific sugar, which is known as 2,6-linked sialic acids, is expressed at different levels on the surface of different breast cancer cells.
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State reports 952 new COVID-19 cases
Three more U.K. returnees in Bengaluru have tested positive for the mutated SARS-CoV-2 variant. The genome sequencing reports of the three samples done at NIMHANS have been sent to the Centre on Thursday evening and will be announced on Friday.
With this, 10 U.K. returnees in the State have tested positive for the new strain.
Sources said while two of the samples had been sent to NIMHANS from the lab at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, one had come from NIV’s Bengaluru unit.
While 33 U.K. returnees have tested positive through RT-PCR for COVID, NIMHANS has received 31 samples for genome sequencing till Thursday. The process has been completed for 27 samples so far.