Published 20:52 IST, October 3rd 2018

Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen Diagnosed With Cancer For The Third Time

Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and a renowned philanthropist, has been diagnosed with a rare type of cancer which affects the white blood cells. This is the third time that he has been diagnosed with cancer, after 1983 and 2009.

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Nine years after he successfully defeated cancer for second time, Microsoft Corporation co-founder, Paul Allen, has been diagsed with life-threatening tumor for third time in his life. 

Allen has been diagsed with n-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and has alrey started treatments for same. Having a positive outlook, Allen said that it is a part of life and that he is rey to fight this cancer 'aggressively'. field of medicine has developed considerably when Paul overcame this dely disease in 2009. He is affirmative that latest techlogies and rapies will prove beneficial and he will successfully recover from it for third time too.

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WHO IS PAUL ALLEN?

Paul Allen and Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft in 1975. In 1983, Allen was diagsed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, which affects body's ability to fight infections. Subsequently, he left company to get treated for cancer. After a successful recovery, Allen started a private company, Vulcan Inc, in 1986 to oversee his diverse philanthropic activities in different fields.

He has a multibillion-dollar portfolio and owns sports teams Seattle Seahawks (NFL) and Portland Trail Blazers (NBA). He also founded Allen Institute for Brain Science, Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and Institute for Cell Science. He is a prime patron of Seattle, which funds every institution from universities, libraries to hospitals and churches. His latest endeavour, Stratolaunch Systems Corp, makes machines and rockets for use in .

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Allen is kwn for his philanthropic work and goodwill for humanity. He has numerous awards and horary degrees to his name. Paul currently ranks 44th on Forbes' list of billionaires in 2018.

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WHAT IS N-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA?

n-Hodgkin's Lymphone (NHL) is a cancer affecting white blood cells in body. Though treatments continue to get vanced, successful treatment of NHL is very difficult. recent developments in medicine have come out with a new way of treating such cancers, which has orwise become immune to tritional treatments.

Immurapy has been proven to be an effective treatment for NHL, which ericates cancer cells. It trains body's natural immune system to attack cancer cells in body aggressively.

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bel Prize in Medicine 2018 was awarded to two scientists, James P. Allison and Tasuku Honko, for ir discovery of cancer rapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation i.e. Immurapy treatment.

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09:05 IST, October 3rd 2018