Bharat Aggarwal
Prof. Bharat B. Aggarwal | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Delhi Banares Hindu University University of California, Berkeley |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry Oncology Herbal medicine |
| Institutions | MD Anderson Cancer Center Genentech |
Bharat B Aggarwal is an Indian-American biochemist. His research has been in the areas of cytokines, the role of inflammation in cancer, and the anti-cancer effects of spices and herbs.[1] He was a Professor in the Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas until he retired in December 2015. As of January 2016, he was reported to be the founding director of the Anti-inflammation Research Institute, San Diego.[2]
Career
Aggarwal holds a BS from the University of Delhi (1970), an MS from Banares Hindu University (1972) and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (1977), all in Biochemistry. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. Aggarwal was at Genentech from 1980 to 1989, after which he was at M.D. Anderson as chief of the Cytokine Research section until 2015. While at Genentech, his team characterized the cytokines TNF-alpha and TNF-beta.[3] He has researched potential anti-cancer properties of herbs and spices, particularly curcumin, found in the spice turmeric.[4][5]
He has published over 500 articles and is an ISI Highly Cited Researcher.[6] As of 2016, he had an h-index of 160 and 94,234 citations to 433 articles.[7]
In 2012, M.D. Anderson investigated claims of image manipulation in some of Aggarwal's published research.[8] Aggarwal's lawyer proposed legal action against the blog Retraction Watch in 2013 after they wrote about several of his article corrections and retractions.[9] In February 2016, the journal Biochemical Pharmacology retracted seven research articles with Aggarwal as a co-author, him being senior or first author on six of these.[10] The retraction notices stated this was "because the data integrity has become questionable". MD Anderson Cancer Center confirmed to Retraction Watch that Aggarwal retired from the institute on December 31, 2015.[11]
Works
- Aggarwal, Bharat B.; Yost, Debora (January 4, 2011). Healing Spices: How to Use 50 Everyday and Exotic Spices to Boost Health and Beat Disease. Sterling. ISBN 978-1402776632.
References
- ^ "Featuring the Special Issue Editor: Dr. Bharat B. Aggarwal" (PDF). Cancer Letters. July 16, 2008. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2008.05.021. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ^ "Expert backs three spices in diet to keep cancer away". Times of India. January 30, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
- ^ Gazella, Karolyn A. (December 2009). "Pioneering Biochemist Bharat B. Aggarwal, PhD, of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, on Discovering Novel and Effective Cancer Treatments". Natural Medicine Journal. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ^ Ackerman, Todd (July 11, 2005). "In cancer fight, a spice brings hope to the table". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ Stix, Gary (February 2007). "Spice Healer". Scientific American. 296: 66-9. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0207-66. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ^ "Highly Cited Researchers". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ Boyack, K. W.; Klavans, R.; Sorensen, A. A.; Ioannidis, J. P. A. (2013). "A list of highly influential biomedical researchers, 1996-2011". European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 43 (12): 1339–1365. doi:10.1111/eci.12171. PMID 24134636.
- ^ Ackerman, Todd (February 24, 2012). "M.D. Anderson professor under fraud probe". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ Heisel, William (April 19, 2013). "Doctor Goes After Retraction Watch, Unleashes Streisand Effect". Reporting on Health. USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ "Biochemical Pharmacology - ScienceDirect.com". Biochemical Pharmacology. 102: 141-7. February 15, 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
- ^ Oransky, Ivan. "Journal retracts 7 papers by MD Anderson cancer researcher long under investigation". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
External links
- Former MD Anderson Cancer Center profile, archived August 12, 2015