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'''Nikhil V. Dhurandhar''' is a university professor who has published details about the proposed adipogenic effect of the human [[adenovirus]] [[AD-36]] on laboratory animals<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dhurandhar|first=Nikhil V.|last2=Whigham|first2=Leah D.|last3=Abbott|first3=David H.|last4=Schultz-Darken|first4=Nancy J.|last5=Israel|first5=Barbara A.|last6=Bradley|first6=Steven M.|last7=Kemnitz|first7=Joseph W.|last8=Allison|first8=David B.|last9=Atkinson|first9=Richard L.|date=2002-10-01|title=Human Adenovirus Ad-36 Promotes Weight Gain in Male Rhesus and Marmoset Monkeys|url=http://jn.nutrition.org/content/132/10/3155|journal=The Journal of Nutrition|language=en|volume=132|issue=10|pages=3155–3160|issn=0022-3166|pmid=12368411|doi=10.1093/jn/131.10.3155|doi-access=free}}</ref> and also its association with human [[obesity]].<ref name="pmid15611785">{{cite journal
|vauthors=Atkinson RL, Dhurandhar NV, Allison DB, Bowen RL, Israel BA, Albu JB, Augustus AS |title=Human adenovirus-36 is associated with increased body weight and paradoxical reduction of serum lipids
|journal=[[Int J Obes (Lond)]]
|volume=29
|issue=3
|pages=281–6
|date=March 2005
|pmid=15611785
|doi=10.1038/sj.ijo.0802830
|doi-access=free
}}</ref>
He trained as a homeopath in India, studied Nutrition at North Dakota State University and has a PhD from Bombay.
He has coined the term [[infectobesity]].<ref name="pmid11584109">{{cite journal
|author=Dhurandhar NV
|title=Infectobesity: obesity of infectious origin
|journal=[[J. Nutr.]]
|volume=131
|issue=10
|pages=2794S–2797S
|date=October 2001
|pmid=11584109
|url=http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=11584109
|doi=10.1093/jn/131.10.2794s
|doi-access=free
}}</ref>

In his research, Dhurandhar also found animals infected with Ad-36 experienced a decrease in cholesterol, triglycerides and blood sugar despite causing weight gain. His research includes isolating the protein in the virus that leads to lower metabolic numbers to create a treatment for diabetes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://today.ttu.edu/posts/2015/01/infectobesity-researcher-becomes-first-chair-of-nutritional-sciences-department|title=Infectobesity Researcher Becomes First Chair of Nutritional Sciences Department {{!}} January {{!}} 2015 {{!}} Texas Tech Today {{!}} TTU|website=today.ttu.edu|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref>

Dhurandhar was the 2014-2015 president of the Obesity Society. He received the 2015 Osborne and Mendel Award, given by the American Society for Nutrition and recognizing recent outstanding basic research accomplishments in nutrition.

Dhurandhar is chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at [[Texas Tech University]]. Before coming to Texas Tech in 2014, he worked at the [[Pennington Biomedical Research Center]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.pbrc.edu Official site] of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
*[http://www.depts.ttu.edu/hs/ns/ Official site] of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Texas Tech University.

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