Mr. Arun Narayanankutty

Brief Biography:

I am working as a researcher at reputed and most important national respiratory hospital in Mexico. I am working on biochemical, molecular and genetic mechanisms involved in aspirin induced asthma.

Aspirin induced asthma is non IgE mediated but comparatively severe kind of asthma with a global prevalence of around 20% in general asthmatics. Patients exacerbate severe asthma symptoms up on NSAID intake with rare anaphylactic shock and grave consequences. The pathophysiology of the disease is poorly understood. We as a team are involved in uncovering the underlying pathophysiological mechanism which could contribute for better therapeutics and disease management.

Academic positions:

BS in Biotechnology, MS in Nanobiotechnology (Major : Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Nanomedicine)

Researcher, Department of Immunoallergy and Asthma, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosio Villegas, http://www.iner.salud.gob.mx/, Mexico.

PHD scholar(Senior research fellow) at IPN medical school (ESM), Instituto Politécnico Nacional http://www.ipn.mx/Paginas/inicio.aspx, one of the major government university in Mexico.

Research interests:

Asthma, Allergy, Immunology, Aspirin sensitivity, eicosanoid metabolism, T and B cell involvement in asthma and immunodeficiency diseases, molecular pathophysiology of asthma and immunodeficiency diseases, bio-statistics, genetic association studies, HLA.

What I think of the idea behind WebmedCentral:

I think information should be freely available to public rather than to prevailed institutions or companies.