Cancer Research  

The researchers at Tata Memorial Centre have created a tablet called "R+Cu" that can stop the spread of cancer in the body and also reduces the side effects of chemo and radiation therapy by up to 50%. It is a groundbreaking development with an affordable price of ₹100. The cost ensures that the tablet can be accessed by a large population. It still has to go through human trials and might take 5-6 years before hitting the market. 

The battle against cancer is perhaps one of humanity’s longest. The need to find its cause and put an end to great misery has fuelled research in oncology for decades. Dr. Kamal Ranadive was an Indian biomedical researcher who is known for her research in cancer about the links between cancers and viruses. She was a founder member of the Indian Women Scientists' Association (IWSA). In the 1960s, she established India's first tissue culture research laboratory at the Indian Cancer Research Centre in Mumbai. Let’s find out more about the life of this unsung scientist in this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer.