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Science Sparks @ ACTREC
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 22 May 2023 |
Vol. No. 12; Issue No. 579 |
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Publications
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1. Setia P, Bargir UA, Shanmukhaiah C, Jodhawat N, Gaikwad P, Vedpathak D, Dutta S, Kulkarni R, Kambli P, Dalvi A, Shinde S, Gupta M, Nambiar N, Sawant S, Shelar S, Dhawale A, Mohanty M, Yadav RM, Bose K, Madkaikar M (2023). Expanding the clinical phenotype of FADD deficiency with a novel mutation and its role in Fas-mediated apoptotic pathway. British Journal of Haematology.
2. Chen Y, Li H, Janowczyk A, Toro P, Corredor G, Whitney J, Lu C, Koyuncu CF, Mokhtari M, Buzzy C, Ganesan S, Feldman MD, Fu P, Corbin H, Harbhajanka A, Gilmore H, Goldstein LJ, Davidson NE, Desai S, Parmar V, Madabhushi A (2023). Computational pathology improves risk stratification of a multi-gene assay for early stage ER+ breast cancer. NPJ Breast Cancer. 9(1):40
Thesis
Souvik Mukherjee. 2023. Consequence of differential activation of Notch signaling in ovarian cancer progression and chemoresistance. (LIFE09201604001) (Guide: Dr. Pritha Ray)
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Interesting Reads
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Nwosu ZC, Ward MH, Sajjakulnukit P, Poudel P, Ragulan C, Kasperek S, Radyk M, Sutton D, Menjivar RE, Andren A, Apiz-Saab JJ, Tolstyka Z, Brown K, Lee HJ, Dzierozynski LN, He X, Ps H, Ugras J, Nyamundanda G, Zhang L, Halbrook CJ, Carpenter ES, Shi J, Shriver LP, Patti GJ, Muir A, Pasca di Magliano M, Sadanandam A, Lyssiotis CA (2023). Uridine-derived ribose fuels glucose-restricted pancreatic cancer. Nature.
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Legends of Science
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Dharani Dhar Awasthi
Dharani Dhar Awasthi obtained his PhD from Lucknow University in 1947. His primary topic of research was Lichenology. His pioneering research was on Lichen flora and many specimens in India and European herbaria. He built up a comprehensive herbarium making information available to many students. Several Lichen species were named in his honour. He has revised more than 70 genera of Lichens and described more than 75 species. He was an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and the Indian National Science Academy. He was awarded the Acharius Medal of the International Association of Lichenology (1992).
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Sisir Kumar Mitra
Sisir Kumar Mitra received his DSc from the University of Kolkata in 1919. His research involved the diffraction of monochromatic light in a single oblique slit and devising a better method for determining heliometer diffraction patterns. He was instrumental in installing the first Ionosphere field station in India. He was the recipient of Padma Bhushan in 1962. He was elected fellow of the Royal Society of London; President Asiatic Society, and President of INSA.
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Do You Know?
In 2001, FDA approved CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System. This noninvasive alternative to surgery allowed for more accurate targeting of radiation therapy to treat cancers, tumors, and other lesions.
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Cancer News
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Mechanical nanosurgery attacks aggressive brain cancer
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17 May 2023, physicsworld
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The technique, which relies on injecting nanotubes containing iron particles into a tumour site, could be used against cancers that are resistant to existing therapies and those located at vital and currently inoperable regions of the central nervous system...
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Study finds cancer cells use a new fuel in absence of sugar
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17 May 2023, MedicalXpress
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Researchers have discovered a new nutrient source that pancreatic cancer cells use to grow. The molecule, uridine, offers insight into both biochemical processes and possible therapeutic pathways... |
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