Nabendu  Murmu,                               Ph.D. 
                               
                              Senior Scientific Officer, Gr-II  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute 
                           
                                                                              
                            Cancer Chemoprevention 
                           
                                                                              
                            37, S. P. Mukherjee Road 
                           
                                                    
                            Kolkata - 700 026                                 
                           
                                                    
                            West Bengal                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: abendu.murmu @cnci.org.in 
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: +91-33-24765101, Extn.316 
                           
                                                    
                            Fax: +91-33-4757606  
                           
                  
                          
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://www.cnci.org.in/research/research_main.html#  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                             
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                                  Senior Scientific Officer, Gr-II  
                                  Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, India 
                                  
								  Present 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                                              
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Pharmacology 
   
    
     
    Oncology 
   
     
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Determine the level of normal as well as cancer stem cell in the peripheral blood and cancerous tissue of various types of human cancer patients before and after conventional therapies 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  To evaluate the therapeutic efficiency of NK4 cDNA in oral squemous cell carcinoma, breast and cervical cancer 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  To determine the molecular mechanism of cancer therapeutic and chemopreventive agents through signaling pathways, mRNA transcription and post transcription 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  To analyze the mechanism by which synthetic or natural products acts at the level of angiogenesis and tumor invasiveness of different cancer cells 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  To determine the molecular mechanism by which the RNA binding proteins may be use as anticancer therapy 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
                            Publications:  
                           
                          
                            
	
		
			
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				Mukhopadhyay, D., Mitra, A., Nandi, P., Varghese, A. C., Murmu, N. , Chowdhury, R., Chaudhuri, K. and Bhattacharyya, A. K.  Expression of metallothionein-1 (MT-1) mRNA in the rat testes and liver after cadmium injection. Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine.  2009.  55, 188-192. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Mukhopadhyay, D., Jung, J., Murmu, N. , Houchen, C. W., Dieckgraefe, B. K. and Anant, S.  CUGBP2 plays a critical role in apoptosis of breast cancer cells in response to genotoxic injury. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.  2003.  1010, 504-509. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Murmu, N. , Ghosh, P., Gomes, A., Mitra, S., Das, M., Besra, S. E., Majumdar, J., Bhattacharya, S., Sur, P. and Vedasiromoni, J. R.  Antineoplastic effect of new boron compounds against leukemic cell lines and cells from leukemic patients. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research.  2002.  21, 351-356. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Murmu, N. , Mitra, S., Das, M., Gomes, A., Vedasiromoni, J. R., Ghosh, M., Bhattacharya, M., Ghosh, P., Biswas, J., Bhattacharya, S. and Sur, P.  Boron compounds against human leukemic cells. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research.  2001.  20, 511-515. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chatterjee, R., Mukhopadhyay, D., Murmu, N.  and Jana, S.  Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection among prostitutes in Calcutta. Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology.  2001.  20, 113-117. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chatterjee, R., Mukhopadhyay, D., Murmu, N.  and Mitra, P. K.  Correlation between human papillomavirus DNA detection in maternal cervical smears and buccal swabs of infants. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology.  1998.  36, 199-202. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                               
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
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                                      Type of Neoplasms 
 
                                     
                                                                        
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                      Head and Neck 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
                                          Oral cavity                                      
 
                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                      Breast 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
                                          Female, Male                                      
 
                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                      Hemato-lymphoid system 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
                                          Blood                                      
 
                                     
                                                                                                            
                                      Female genital system 
 
                                     
									                                    
                                      
                                          Cervix