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	Research Activities

Fundamental Research

Amala Cancer Research Centre has an active research programme to identify drugs that will be helpful in various diseases including cancer. Some of the areas in which research is undertaken are :

	Cancer – Biochemistry
	Cancer – Immunology
	Development of plant based & synthetic chemotherapeutic drugs
	Radioprotective and radiosensitizing agents
	Chemoprevention and Chemopreventive agents against cancer
	Usefulness of Ayurvedic drugs as adjuvants in cancer therapy
	Antidiabetic drug from plants
	Industrial pollutants and cancer
	Anti-metastasis drugs in cancer
	Immunomodulators and their use in cancer
	Development of drugs for AIDS
	Antiviral and anticancer agents from fungi and mushrooms
	Development of callus cultures for identification of anticancer drugs
	Development of drug against atherosclerosis
	Biochemical and Immunological investigation on the causes of coronary artery diseases
	Development of drugs that can inhibit oncogenesis and cancer growth
	Habits and cancer causation
	Standardization of herbal formulation
	Effect of alternate systems of medicines, such as Ayurveda and Homoeopathy in Cancer

Ayurvedic Research

	Formation and clinical efficacy of Ayurvedic herbal preparation against HIV / AIDS
	Palliative therapy in cancer especially combined with modern therapy
	Exploration of cheap and effective Ayurvedic treatment for various diseases especially rheumatoid arthritis, low back ache, sciatic nerves, disc prolapse, diabetcs etc.

Major Achievements

Centre has developed various models for transplanted tumours, chemically induced tumours, metastatic tumours, angiogenesis and immunomodulatory function.

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