Geeta Kashyap Vemuganti

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Geeta Kashyap Vemuganti
Born (1960-07-01) 1 July 1960 (age 63)
Telangana, India
NationalityIndian
Known forStudies in stem cell therapy
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Geeta Kashyap along with V. S. Sangwan receiving the National Award from Abdul Kalam.

Geeta Kashyap Vemuganti is an Indian ocular pathologist and the head of the department at the Ophthalmic Pathology Service and Stem Cell Laboratory of the L. V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI).[1] She is also a dean and professor at the school of medical sciences of the University of Hyderabad.[2]

Vemuganti is reported to have done pioneering work in stem cell therapy[note 1] and was a member of the team led by V. S. Sangwan that developed a protocol for transplanting cultured stem cells for restoring vision in humans.[3] She is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences[4] and a recipient of the 2005 Chem Tech Foundation Award.[3] The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded her the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for her contributions to biosciences in 2004.[5]

Selected bibliography[edit]

  • Purushotham Reddy Koppula, Lakshmi Kiran Chelluri, Naresh Polisetti, Geeta K Vemuganti (2009). "Histocompatibility testing of cultivated human bone marrow stromal cells- a promising step towards pre-clinical screening for allogenic stem cell therapy". Cellular Immunology. 259 (1): 61–5. doi:10.1016/j.cellimm.2009.05.014. PMID 19577229. S2CID 40986392.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Sangwan, Virender S.; Vemuganti, Geeta Kashyap; Singh, Shashi; Balasubramanian, D. (1 August 2003). "Successful Reconstruction of Damaged Ocular Outer Surface in Humans Using Limbal and Conjuctival Stem Cell Culture Methods". Bioscience Reports. 23 (4): 169–174. doi:10.1023/b:bire.0000007690.43273.73. ISSN 0144-8463. PMID 14748537.
  • Mittica, Nicholas; Vemuganti, Geeta Kashyap; Duffy, Mark; Torczynski, Elise; Edward, Deepak P (2003). "Late Orbital Recurrence of a Choroidal Melanoma Following Internal Resection". Survey of Ophthalmology. 48 (2): 181–190. doi:10.1016/s0039-6257(02)00458-7.
  • Vemuganti, Geeta Kashyap; Garg, Prashant; Gopinathan, Usha; Naduvilath, Thomas J; John, Rajesh K; Buddi, Rajeev; Rao, Gullapalli N (2002). "Evaluation of agent and host factors in progression of mycotic keratitis". Ophthalmology. 109 (8): 1538–1546. doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(02)01088-6.

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Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ Please see Selected bibliography section

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Scientists chosen for awards". The Hindu Business Line. 8 February 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "PLENARY SESSIONS". www.caimsnmss.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Breakthrough in stem cell transplantation of eye". The Hindu. 31 October 2001. Retrieved 16 December 2017.[dead link]
  4. ↑ "List of Fellows: October 2007" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development" (PDF). Department of Biotechnology. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

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