April 2, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 2, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Cancer

CancerHealthMedicineResearchScience

IIT Kanpur team unravels molecular mechanism of a prostate cancer subtype

IIT Kanpur-led team discovers the molecular mechanism by which a protein (EZH2) is produced in excess leading to a reduction

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India should soon introduce plain packaging

Besides Australia, France, UK. Norway, Ireland, New Zealand and Hungary have introduced plain packaging of tobacco products. Plain packaging was

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Delhi researchers develop an algorithm to detect rare cells

Researchers from IIT Delhi and IIIT Delhi have developed an algorithm that can find rare cells from a very large

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Podcast: How progesterone protects breast cancer patients unravelled

Dr. Amit Dutt of ACTREC-Tata Memorial Centre explains how progesterone administered prior to breast cancer surgery helps in reducing the

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TMC team unravels protective mechanism of progesterone in breast cancer patients

Tata Memorial Centre researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which a single injection of progesterone administered prior to breast cancer

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Podcast: Finding a potential target for treating gallbladder cancer

Dr. Amit Dutt from Tata Memorial Centre explains how the team using different approaches identified the mutations that cause gallbladder

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Existing drug can be repurposed to treat gallbladder cancer

Researchers at Tata Memorial Centre have found that a drug used for treating colorectal cancer can be used for treating gallbladder

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An earthquake and a lie changed my life forever: Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi

In a Facebook post, Dr. Pankaj Charurvedi, a cancer specialist at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, recalls how his determination

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Podcast – Sniffing out lung cancer

IIT Bombay researchers explain how the platform that they developed will help sniff out volatile organic compounds in a gas phase

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IIT Bombay’s platform sniffs out lung cancer, explosives

IIT Bombay researchers have developed a platform that will help sniff out volatile organic compounds in a gas phase at single

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Alzheimer’sCancerHealthPodcastResearchScience

Podcast: Drug target to treat Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and cancer discovered

Researchers at the Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar have identified the novel mechanism by which misfolded proteins form aggregates and

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Bhubaneswar team discovers a drug target for neurodegenerative diseases, cancer

Institute of Life Sciences researchers have discovered that downregulation of a protein drug target can help in the treatment of

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IISER Bhopal team strikes at the root of head and neck cancer growth

Researchers at IISER Bhopal have found that depleting the production of a specific protein kinase (PAK2) has a cascading effect

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