The paper examines how iron parameters affect platelet recovery in apheresis donors, finding that lower iron stores correlate with higher recovery rates.

Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion · Jan 4, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology

Targeting Metabolic Dependencies in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Dual Strategy using Arsenic Trioxide and Artesunate.

Nithya Balasundaram, Arvind Venkatraman, Yolanda Sydney Augustin, Hamenth Kumar Palani, Clément Regnault, Anu Korula, Uday Prakash Kulkarni, Eunice Sindhuvi Edison, Poonkuzhali Balasubramanian, Biju George, Aby Abraham, Sanjeev Krishna, Vikram Mathews

This study investigates the combination of artesunate and arsenic trioxide to treat AML with reduced off-target effects on normal hematopoietic stem cells.

bioRxiv · Jun 23, 2024 · PreprintCancer Biology

Impact of maternal iron deficiency anaemia on fetal iron status and placental iron transporters in human pregnancy

Sreenithi Santhakumar, Rekha Athiyarath, Anne George Cherian, Vinod Joseph Abraham, Biju George, Paweł Lipiński, Eunice Sindhuvi Edison

The paper examines how maternal iron deficiency anaemia affects placental iron transporters and fetal iron status in human pregnancy, finding increased expression of DMT1 and FPN1 in placenta under maternal iron insufficiency.

bioRxiv · Jun 29, 2022 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Mosaic antimicrobial resistance/virulence plasmid in hypervirulent ST2096 Klebsiella pneumoniae in India: The rise of a new superbug?

Chaitra Shankar, Karthick Vasudevan, Jobin John Jacob, Stephen G. Baker, Barney J. Isaac, Ayyanraj Neeravi, Dhiviya Prabaa Muthuirulandi Sethuvel, Biju George, Balaji Veeraraghavan

The paper characterizes nine novel multidrug-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in India, which harbor mosaic plasmids containing both antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes.

bioRxiv · Dec 11, 2020 · PreprintGenomics