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Hyderabad: Sapien Biosciences, a biotech venture backed by Apollo Hospitals, has entered into a collaboration with Bangalore-based diagnostic start-up OncoStem Diagnostics for the development and validation of a novel breast cancer recurrence prediction test.

OncoStem has developed a unique panel of 'prognostic and predictive' proteomic markers that is indicative of the aggressiveness of the cancer and hence enables prediction of the risk of recurrence within the first five years of initial diagnosis, according to an Apollo Hospitals statement.

Mumbai: The benchmark BSE Sensex was trading above the 29,000-mark by rising over 79 points in early trade on Tuesday as participants made selective buying ahead of monthly expiry in the derivatives segment on Thursday and the Union Budget on Saturday.

The 30-share barometer gained 79.71 points, or 0.27 percent, to 29,054.82. The index had lost 487.16 points in the previous two sessions.

Sectoral indices led by realty, FMCG, consumer durables, capital goods and healthcare were trading in positive zone with gains up to 1.06 percent.

Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange Nifty index edged higher by 13.10 points, or 0.15 percent, to 8,768.05.

Johannesburg, Feb 24 - West Indies skipper Jason Holder has backed out-of-form Chris Gayle to regain form during their World Cup tie against Zimbabwe on Tuesday at Canberra.

London, Feb 20 - Stephen Hawking has said that aggression may have had survival advantage in caveman days, but now it threatens to destroy everyone.

Los Angeles - An alternate trailer for the upcoming Miles Teller starrer 'The Fantastic Four' has leaked online via Instagram.

The trailer is attached to 'Kingsman: The Secret Service',

Washington, Feb 24 - A new study has indicated that methods commonly used in censuses of tigers and other rare wildlife put the accuracy of such surveys in doubt.

The study conducted at University of Oxford focused on the inherent shortcomings in the "index-calibration" method that means it can produce inaccurate results.