Rattled by the fact that his treatment had come to an abrupt halt due to the lack of Rs 25 lakh, netizens, helped raise the full amount, yes Rs 25 lakh in less than 24 hours!
When cancer struck the first time around, Neerja Malik fought it and survived. When it struck again she decided to fight harder and emerged a conqueror.
Breast cancer is currently the most common cancer detected among Indian women. It is also the leading cause of cancer deaths in women all over the world.
Thanks to the development of a nano-technology, it will now be possible to measure how effective a round of cancer therapy is, within hours of the treatment. This project has been kick-started by a group of Indian scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Medical School.