Advanced Centre for Treatment Research & Education in Cancer

Science Sparks @ ACTREC
13^th January 2025	Vol. No. 14 ; Issue No.665

Publications

1. Mirikar D, Banerjee N, Prabhash K, Kaushal RK, Naronha V, Pramesh CS, Karimundackal G, Joshi A, Rane S, Basak R (2025). Comparative analysis of EGFR mutations in circulating tumor DNA and primary tumor tissues from lung cancer patients using BEAMing PCR. Scientific Reports. 15(1):1252.

2. Kumar S, Dey P, Pathak A, Wadawale A, Maurya D, Natu K, Bose K, Goswami D (2025). Structure–activity relationship of Ciprofloxacin towards S-Spike protein of SARS-CoV-2: Synthesis and in-silico evaluation. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling.

Site of the Week

The Complex Portal is an encyclopaedic resource of macromolecular complexes from a number of key model organisms.

Interesting Reads

Gu L, Zhu Y, Nandi SP, Lee M, Watari K, Bareng B, Ohira M, Liu Y, Sakane S, Carlessi R, Sauceda C, Dhar D, Ganguly S, Hosseini M, Teneche MG, Adams PD, Gonzalez DJ, Kisseleva T. Liver Cancer Collaborative; Tirnitz-Parker JEE, Simon MC, Alexandrov LB, Karin M(2025). FBP1 controls liver cancer evolution from senescent MASH hepatocytes. Nature. 637(8045):461-469.

Video of the Week

Neuroendocrine Tumors & Radiotheranostics: Current Status and Future Directions

Upcoming Events

44th Annual Meeting of the Indian Association for Cancer Research (IACR) and International Conference on Convergence of Fundamental and Translational Approaches in Cancer Theranostics

January 16-18, 2025

At Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata

One day Workshop on 'Mastering Retrospective Studies - Design, Conduct, Analysis and Publishing'

January 25, 2024

At ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai -410210.

An International Conference on Cellular Symphony: Decoding Protein Homeostasis in Human Health

February 3-5, 2025

At SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Kattankulathur-603203

Do You Know?

In 1981, Scientists developed the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test for screening and early detection of prostate cancer.

Cancer News

AI platform identifies which patients are likely to benefit most from a cancer clinical trial.

MedicalXpress, 09/01/2025

Researchers developed TrialTranslator, a machine learning framework to "translate" clinical trial results to real-world populations. By emulating 11 landmark cancer clinical trials using real-world data, they were able to recapitulate actual clinical trial findings...

Metastatic patterns stratify patients with pancreatic cancer.

Nature Cancer, 09/01/2025

Patients with lung-metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma survive longer than those with liver metastases. A study now leverages real-world data to identify distinct molecular and immune profiles that can explain differences in tumor aggressiveness and clinical outcomes..

The genes that grow a healthy brain could fuel adult glioblastoma

EurekLAert, 08/01/2025

scientists have discovered a stem cell in the young brain that’s capable of forming the cells found in tumors. The breakthrough could explain how adult brain cells take advantage of developmental processes to instigate the explosive growth seen in deadly brain cancers like glioblastoma...

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