Restraining tobacco--the hydra headed monster.

SORTILIN: many headed hydra.

A Double-Headed Monster

A double-headed monster was born in the Railway Hospital, Samastipur, on 5th July, 1948. It is an interesting case because of its rarity; the photograph (plate XXII) tells its own story. Dr. Mody, in his jurisprudence, gives a picture of such monster without any detail. The woman was a sweeper by caste, second para, and fairly well built. She came to hospital in a precarious condition, having b...

The Herculean task of killing cancer cells

in Greek mythology, one of Hercules’ labors was to slay the Hydra. The task seems impossible, as the creature was a multi-headed monster with the ability to grow two new heads when one was cleaved off. Oncologists face a similar daunting task in eliminating malignant cells, as each cancer appears to have its own Hydra protecting it. The suppression of the Forkhead box class O (FOXO) family of t...

A Double-Headed Monster

Protein phosphatase PP4

in Greek mythology, one of Hercules’ labors was to slay the Hydra. The task seems impossible, as the creature was a multi-headed monster with the ability to grow two new heads when one was cleaved off. Oncologists face a similar daunting task in eliminating malignant cells, as each cancer appears to have its own Hydra protecting it. The suppression of the Forkhead box class O (FOXO) family of t...