Science Sparks @ ACTREC
10th August 2026 Publications
- 1. Mangale P, Agrawal A, Choudhury S, Prakash G, Murthy V, Joshi A, Menon S, Pal M, Rangarajan V (2026). 68Ga prostate-specific membrane antigen PET/computed tomography in benign and malignant prostatic lesions: a study of maximum standardized uptake value and uptake patterns with clinicopathological correlation. Nuclear Medicine Communications.
- 2. Tembhare P, Sehgal K, Bommannan K, Rahman K, Jain S, Dayal N, Ghogale S, Jayaram A, Sachdeva MUS, Gupta R, Subramanian PG, Manivannan P, Galande M, Mundada M, Rath A, Datari P, Rajpal S, Chatterjee G, Deshpande N, Kathirvel K, Singh K, Bagal B, Punatar S, Pandrowala A, Dhamne C, Handoo A, Julio-Javier, Popov A, Salem D, Westerman D, Orfao A (2026). Consensus recommendations for technical standardization of flow cytometric measurable residual disease assessment in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A report from The Cytometry Society, India. Cytometry Part B Clinical Cytometry.
- 3. Kumar G, Kant R, Joshi D, Singh K, Cherian JJ, Rajan KRV, Malik S, Das S, Roy SP, Satam V, Guria RT, Kumar D, Majhee L, Kumar A, Krishnamurthy MN, Sharma LK, Chaudhary A, Scandale I, Specht S, Sahu S, Meher M, Mohapatra SG, Mukherjee A, Gupta TM (2026). A Phase IIa, Proof-of-Concept, Placebo-Controlled, Randomised Trial to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Oxfendazole as a Macrofilaricidal Drug in Adults Harbouring Lymphatic Filarial Worms. Infectious Diseases and Therapy.
- 4. Tambe M, Das D, Firfire A, Rajak J, D'Silva SZ (2026). Identification of the Novel HLA-C*04:03:01:07 Allele in a North Indian Individual From a Yadav Family. HLA.108(2):e70900
- 5. Karale B, Tambe M, Rajak J, D'Silva SZ. Identification of the Novel HLA-A*33:03:01:32 and HLA-C*04:01:01:205 Alleles in Two Individuals From India. HLA. 2026 108(2):e70903.
- 6. Maniar J, Gandhi KA, Gupta S (2026). Correspondence: Beyond phenotypic observations: Elucidating the molecular drivers of hypoxia-reoxygenation-induced aggressiveness in breast cancer. Molecular Biology Reports. 53(1):1365.
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