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Science Sparks @ ACTREC
Date Image02 February 2026 Vol. No. 15 ; Issue No.720
Publications

1. Patil V, Shah P, Mahajan A, Sable N, Shukla A, Bornak G, Rane S, Gurav S, Laskar SG, Pantvaidya G, Janu A, Ankathi S, Sahu A, Bhattacharya K, Chakrabarty N, Agarwal A, Pai P, Nair D, Deshmukh A, Vaish R, Tuljapurkar V, Patil A, Bal M, Prabhash K, Noronha V, Menon N, Patil V, Chaturvedi P (2026). Decoding Osteoradionecrosis of the Jaw: Radiological Progression and a Novel CT-Based Grading System. Cancers 18(2):187.

2. Verma A, Hoysal DR, Deshpande A, Badwe R (2026).Letter to the Editor “Adjuvant ovarian function suppression and aromatase inhibitors in premenopausal patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-positive breast cancer”. The Breast.

Thesis
Darshankumar Mehta. 2026. Dissecting the role of Sfrp1 in epithelial cancer and cancer stem cells ( LIFE09201904006) (Guide: Dr. Sanjeev Waghmare)

Site of the Week

The Cancer Epitope Database and Analysis Resource (CEDAR) catalogs experimental data on antibody and T cell epitopes studied in humans, non-human primates, and other animal species in the context of cancer disease.

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Interesting Reads

Avsec Ž, Latysheva N, Cheng J, Novati G, Taylor KR, Ward T, Bycroft C, Nicolaisen L, Arvaniti E, Pan J, Thomas R, Dutordoir V, Perino M, De S, Karollus A, Gayoso A, Sargeant T, Mottram A, Wong LH, Drotár P, Kosiorek A, Senior A, Tanburn R, Applebaum T, Basu S, Hassabis D, Kohli P (2026). Advancing regulatory variant effect prediction with AlphaGenome. Nature.;649(8099):1206-1218.

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Establishment of blood based Longitudinal Cohort: Indian Study of Healthy Ageing (ISHA)
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Do You Know?

In 2018, FDA approved larotrectinib, the first drug that targets tumors with NTRK gene fusions.

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Cancer News
Tata Memorial Hospital unveils AI-powered mammography system to boost early breast cancer detection.

Hindustan Times, 28/01/2026

Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) inaugurated an advanced digital mammography system integrated with tomosynthesis and artificial intelligence (AI), aimed at improving early and accurate detection of breast cancer...

Preventing HER2 degradation improves efficacy of trastuzumab deruxtecan

Nature, 29/01/2026

Methods to increase HER2 expression in breast cancer could expand the population eligible for treatment with trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd), a HER2-directed antibody–drug conjugate. A study now reports that the membrane-bound E3 ligase FBXL2 regulates degradation of HER2, and FBXL2...

Researchers identify new blood markers that may detect early pancreatic cancer.

Eurekalert, 30/01/2026

In analyzing banked blood samples, the team found two novel biomarker proteins that were elevated in the blood of early-stage pancreatic cancer patients compared with healthy volunteers, aminopeptidase N (ANPEP) and polymeric immunoglobin receptor (PIGR)...

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