<p>An eminent and award-winning Indian-origin immunologist has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research".</p>.<p>Sankar Ghosh is the Silverstein and Hutt Family Professor of Microbiology and Chair of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University.</p>.<p>He was among the 120 newly elected members announced by the Academy last week, a statement by Columbia University Irving Medical Center said.</p>.<p>It said Ghosh’s research examines the connection between the immune system and various diseases, from cancer to sepsis to diabetes and more.</p>.<p>He has a deep interest in deciphering the complexities of transcriptional regulation -- the ways by which a cell regulates the conversion of DNA to RNA -- to better understand the mechanisms of the immune system and the pathological changes that occur to its pathways in many diseases, the statement added.</p>.<p>Ghosh and members of his lab recently uncovered new clues to sepsis that may speed diagnosis.</p>.<p>"Their findings suggest the two microRNAs could inform a test to help physicians classify patients into those with milder infections versus others with organ failure who are at high risk of sepsis and death,” it said.</p>.<p>Ghosh joined Columbia in 2008 and was previously a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. He is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.</p>.<p>The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution that was established under a Congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863.</p>.<p>It recognises achievement in science by election to membership and - with the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine - provides science, engineering and health policy advice to the federal government and other organisations.</p>
<p>An eminent and award-winning Indian-origin immunologist has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research".</p>.<p>Sankar Ghosh is the Silverstein and Hutt Family Professor of Microbiology and Chair of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University.</p>.<p>He was among the 120 newly elected members announced by the Academy last week, a statement by Columbia University Irving Medical Center said.</p>.<p>It said Ghosh’s research examines the connection between the immune system and various diseases, from cancer to sepsis to diabetes and more.</p>.<p>He has a deep interest in deciphering the complexities of transcriptional regulation -- the ways by which a cell regulates the conversion of DNA to RNA -- to better understand the mechanisms of the immune system and the pathological changes that occur to its pathways in many diseases, the statement added.</p>.<p>Ghosh and members of his lab recently uncovered new clues to sepsis that may speed diagnosis.</p>.<p>"Their findings suggest the two microRNAs could inform a test to help physicians classify patients into those with milder infections versus others with organ failure who are at high risk of sepsis and death,” it said.</p>.<p>Ghosh joined Columbia in 2008 and was previously a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. He is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.</p>.<p>The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution that was established under a Congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863.</p>.<p>It recognises achievement in science by election to membership and - with the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine - provides science, engineering and health policy advice to the federal government and other organisations.</p>