The Federal Government, on Monday, said efforts were ongoing to include cancer treatment in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This, the government said, was to ensure adequate and affordable healthcare services for citizens diagnosed with cancer. The  National Coordinator of Cancer Control Programme,  Federal Ministry of Health,  Uche Nwokwu, disclosed this at the Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association Cancer …

Immunologists Carl June and Michel Sadelain were announced winners of the prestigious Breakthrough Prize award on Thursday. The immunologists engineered T-cells that successfully target and kill cancer cells. A statement on the Breakthrough Prize website on their work read: “Carl June and Michel Sadelain genetically engineered T cells – key players in the body’s immune system – with synthetic receptors …