Background In 2012, Sri Lankan government announced the enforcement of Pictorial Health Warnings (PHWs) covering 80% of the cigarette packet.Subsequently the 7gm pravana court reduced it to 60%, after an interim order sought by the industry.In 2015, new legislation was enforced to cover 80% of cigarette packet by PHWs.The tobacco industry showed it
Oncolytic viruses (OVs) are novel immunotherapeutic agents whose anticancer effects come from both oncolysis and elicited antitumor immunity.OVs induce mostly immunogenic cancer cell death (ICD), including immunogenic apoptosis, necrosis/necroptosis, pyroptosis and autophagic cell death, leading to exposure of calreticulin and heat-shock proteins t
The specific B-cell depleting anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody rituximab (RTX) is effective in terms of the treatment of various immune-mediated glomerulopathies.The administration of RTX has been shown to be reliable and highly effective particularly in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis, which is manifested predominantly with non-nephrotic pro
L-Asparaginase (ASNase) is a vital component of the first line treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), an aggressive type of blood cancer expected to afflict over 53,000 people worldwide by 2020.More recently, ASNase has also been shown to have potential for preventing metastasis from solid tumors.The ASNase treatment is, acupatch however,