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Friday, August 26, 2016

How a nasty, brain-eating parasite could help us fight cancer : rawstory





As it stated in rawstory

How a nasty, brain-eating parasite could help us fight cancer

How a nasty, brain-eating parasite could help us fight cancer
How a nasty, brain-eating parasite could help us fight cancer
Toxoplasma gondii.Ke Hu and John M. Murray/wikimedia, CC BY-SAWe've known since the turn of the 20th century that some infectious diseases are a major risk for developing specific cancers.More worryingly, about one-sixth of cancers worldwide are attributable to infectious agents.Globally, more than 2m cancer cases are linked to certain carcinogenic viral, bacterial or parasitic agents.


furthermore telegraph

Selfless Olympian sells silver medal to help boy battling cancer

Selfless Olympian sells silver medal to help boy battling cancer
Selfless Olympian sells silver medal to help boy battling cancer
The 33-year-old world champion wrote: "My silver medal is worth much more than a week ago.It is worth the health of little Olek."I fought for gold in Rio.Today I'm calling on everyone to fight for something even more precious.


let alone theweek

Olympian sells Rio medal to help boy with cancer

Olympian sells Rio medal to help boy with cancer
Olympian sells Rio medal to help boy with cancer
A Rio 2016 silver medallist is being hailed as the true embodiment of Olympic spirit after selling off his newly minted medal to fund specialist treatment for a boy with a rare form of cancer.Piotr Malachowski took second place in the discus to become one of 11 Polish Olympians to bag a medal in Rio.It was his second silver after netting one in Beijing in 2008.Writing on Facebook after the Games, the 33-year-old athlete, who is the current world and European discus champion, said he had done "everything in [his] power" to bring home the gold.


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