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The deadly disease, cancer is almost incurable to date and people are terrified of it. But will Russia's grand claim put an end to cancer? Russia has claimed that it has invented a cancer vaccine that will prevent all types of cancer tumours. According to Russia's announcement, it has been proved in pre-clinical trials that this vaccine is successful in suppressing cancer tumours. This vaccine makes the body's immune system so strong that as soon as any cell starts moving towards becoming a cancer cell, the body's immunity destroys it. Some time ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a statement on television that we are close to the creation of cancer vaccines and new-generation immunomodulatory drugs. Now the question arises that there is a race to make a cancer vaccine in American and European countries and every day there is some development in it. The third trial of the cancer vaccine of Moderna and Merck company has also been done, but it will take time till 2030 for this vaccine to come. In such a situation, everyone is surprised by this announcement of Russia. Now it is important to know what the doctors of India have to say on this. When we spoke to Dr Mohammed Taher Mithi, Consultant Surgical Oncologist, Saifee Hospital, Mumbai, he said "The news release by the Russian media mentions the trials as pre-clinical, which means it hasn’t been tested on the population at large. But it is exciting nonetheless and further data and testing would indicate its overall effect on treatment." He added, "It works eventually by activating our immune system to eliminate the cancer cells as it would against any foreign antigen. Again it is a vaccine but it is not used to prevent cancers, but rather to treat patients already suffering from cancer." The current vaccine mentioned in the Russian media is for treatment purposes . To prevent cancers the available vaccines against infectious agents which cause cancers such as the vaccine against HPV virus which can cause cervical cancer or the vaccine against HBV which can cause cirrhosis and liver cancer are already available in the market and one should take these vaccines if fitting the criteria if not already taken them. . All cancers which are detected before it has spread to other organs have a chance at a complete cure. . Other preventive measures besides vaccines mentioned above are avoiding tobacco, alcohol consumption and obesity amongst others. . The vaccine suggested would be a personalised medication and most such medications and treatments are costly as of today until their patents run out at least. . The technology uses mRNA which is a messenger between the intra-cellular machinery. An mRNA vaccine uses a small fragment of messenger RNA (a molecule that carries specific instructions from DNA) to instruct the body's cells to produce a specific protein associated with cancer cells. That protein then triggers the immune system to attack (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); those cancer cells, eliminating those cells. It teaches our own immune system to fight back and target against the cancer cells. It is yet to be understood According to the News18 report, Dr Shyam Agarwal, Chairman of the Cancer Department at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, said that if Russia's claim is linked to reality, then it can prove to be a milestone in the history of cancer, but we still have to see many things about this Russian vaccine. He said that Russia has claimed that it has prepared a vaccine for many types of cancer based on messenger RNA. M-RNA are tumour cells that have abnormal proteins on their surface. This is called tumour antigen or tumour-associated antigen -TAA. Every type of cancer cell has a different TAA. Also, understand that the antigen that is formed is made from m-RNA. It is a type of protein. Russian scientists say that they have discovered many antigens for different types of cancer. mRNA was developed against all these antigens and it was mixed in lipid suspension and given to the patients. When mRNA goes into someone's body, it makes the body's immune system so capable that it recognises the cancer cells inside the body and kills them by converting them into tumour antigens. Since this vaccine is for cancer patients as well as for prevention of cancer. Therefore, if someone has cancer cells, it destroys them and if there are no cancer cells, it keeps moving in the body and kills cancer cells as soon as they grow. Dr Shyam Aggarwal said that nothing has been said about its human trial yet, so it remains to be understood how many doses of this vaccine will be there and on which type of patients it will be used. Only when the data of trials on humans comes out, then only can we understand this vaccine properly. It is also true that such things require a long time to do. Theoretically, it seems right at the moment, but after putting it on the ground, its effect will be tested. If they get this success, then they can be entitled to the Nobel Prize. What is Russia's claim? Andrey Kaprin, General Director of the Radiology Medical Research Center in the Russian Ministry of Health, said that Russia has developed its mRNA vaccine against cancer, which will be distributed to the patients for free. Alexander Gintsburg, director of the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, has said that the pre-clinical trial of the vaccine has been extremely successful and it suppresses the growth of the tumour and its metastasis stage. Gintsburg said that we are taking the help of artificial neural networks in the manufacture of this vaccine, under which the vaccine will be prepared within an hour. Till now, it takes a lot of time to make a personalised vaccine. In this, matrix methods are used from a mathematical point of view to determine what the customized mRNA should look like, which is a very long process, but with the help of neural network computing, it will be completed in between half an hour to one hour.Act 10 of 2024: Effective April 15, 2024. Amends the Second Class Township Code to: Raise the maximum compensation that an auditor may receive for completing the annual audit, settlement, and adjustment from $1,000 to $1,800 in a township with a population of ten thousand or less; Raise the maximum that an auditor may receive for completing the annual audit, settlement, and adjustment from $2,000 to $3,500; Give the board of supervisors the discretion to increase compensation for the elected auditors by resolution from $10 per hour to up to $18 per hour for performing the annual audit and the other duties of office. Act 18 of 2024 (Paul Miller’s Law): Strengthens rules against distracted driving from mobile devices by: Increasing penalties and clarifying that mobile devices may not be used for playing games, taking pictures, sharing social media, or recording or broadcasting video while operating a motor vehicle, with limited exceptions for emergency use; Requiring that a person with a learner’s permit view educational materials on the dangers of distracted driving; Requiring the traffic laws portion of the driver’s license exam to contain at least one question on the distracted driving. These amendments are effective June 5, 2024. Read the entirety of Act 18 here . Act 33 of 2024: Effective September 26, 2024. Expands the responsibilities of entities, including townships, that have a breach of personal information that releases 500 or more individuals’ first and last names or first initial and name, in combination with their SSN, bank account number, and driver’s license or state ID number. Read the entirety of Act 33 here . Act 34 of 2024: Effective August 27, 2024. Amends Title 9 (Burial Grounds) of the PA Consolidated Statutes to exempt municipalities from initial deposits, registration, and filing affidavits of compliance with the State Real Estate Commission for newly-organized cemeteries. Municipalities are now treated the same as bona fide churches and religious congregations under existing law. Act 44 of 2024: Effective September 6, 2024. Amends the Municipalities Planning Code to clarify that when a municipality is required to transmit land use documents, including proposed or adopted comprehensive plans and amendments to land use ordinances, it may do so electronically even if the document is a certified copy. The municipality must also retain a record of every transmittal and all comments and recommendations. Act 46 of 2024: Effective September 6, 2024. Amends the Vehicle Code to clarify that a tow truck driver may violate traffic laws or ordinances during the removal of a disabled vehicle when directed by an on-duty police officer. Act 47 of 2024: Effective September 6, 2024. Amends the Dog Law to provide exemptions from kennel and license tag fees for any municipal or state police departments to fire departments, sheriff’s offices, and rescue services that use dogs in the performance of their functions or duties. Act 48 of 2024: Effective September 6, 2024. Authorizes counties to establish a Demolition and Rehabilitation Fund and impose a fee of not more than $250 for a property being sold for delinquent taxes or mortgage foreclosure to be deposited into the Fund. Read the entirety of Act 48 here . Act 49 of 2024: Effective September 6, 2024. Permits municipalities to amend their ordinances to allow full-time police officers who have satisfied vesting requirements to purchase up to five years of pension credit for prior part-time or full-time police service that the officer provided to another police department. The Act further provides the method for computation of the amount due for the purchase of credit for prior police service. Act 54 of 2024: Signed July 11, 2024. Implements the 2024-25 Commonwealth budget. Read the entirety of Act 54 here . Act 78 of 2024: Effective August 16, 2024. Permits highway construction and maintenance vehicles, including township road maintenance vehicles, to have one or more flashing or revolving green lights in addition to the flashing or revolving yellow lights previously permitted. Act 85 of 2024: Effective July 17, 2024. Amends Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes. Read the entirety of Act 85 here . Download the full PDF here.
President Trump's assertion of 400,000 Ukrainian military casualties is a staggering number that, if true, would represent a catastrophic loss for Ukraine. The scale of such casualties would have far-reaching implications for the conflict and its resolution. It is crucial to accurately assess and verify the number of casualties in any conflict to understand the true human cost and to hold accountable those responsible for the violence.As Barcelona seeks to rebuild and strengthen their squad, the potential addition of a seasoned attacker could provide valuable experience and depth to the team. However, at 32 years old, concerns naturally arise about the player's fitness, form, and ability to adapt to the demands of a high-intensity league like La Liga.