Undurti Narasimha Das (born 1950) is an Indian clinical immunologist, endocrinoloist and the

founder president and chief executive officer of UND Life Sciences.[1] An elected fellow of
the National Academy of Medical Sciences,[2] Das is known for his researches in the fields
of Immunology, Endocrinology and Rheumatology.[3] He holds a number of patents for his
work[4] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India
for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology,
one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1992. [5]

Contents
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1Biography

2Legacy

3Awards and honors

4Selected bibliography

o 4.1Books

o 4.2Articles

o 4.3Reviews

o 4.4Patents

5See also

6Notes

7References

8External links

Biography[edit]

Osmania Medical College

Born to Kameshwari and Undurti Sitarama Shastry on 28 June 1950 at Kakinada, a large city in the
south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Undurti N. Das graduated in medicine from Andhra Medical
College of the Andhra University in 1973.[6]Subsequently, he joined Osmania Medical College as a
Senior Research Fellow of the Indian Council of Medical Research and the Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research, simultaneously pursuing his higher studies to secure an MD in 1981. He
continued at the institution at the Department of Genetics as an ICMR Research Associate, doing his
post-doctoral work for 3 years. In 1984, he moved to Canada to join Efamol Research
Institute, Kentville as a scientist where he stayed for two years and on his return to India in 1986, he
joined Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences as an associate professor at the department of clinical
pharmacology and medical research.[4] He served the institution till 1996, holding the position of a
professor from 1990 onward. For the next three years, he was with L. V. Prasad Eye Institute as a
professor and the head of the Division of Internal Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Biochemistry.
In 1999, he had his second stint abroad, this time in the US where he chaired EFA
Sciences, Norwood as its research director. His service at EFA lasted till 2004 during which period
he also served as a Research Professor of Surgery, Nutrition, and Physiology at the State University
of New York Upstate Medical University from 2003 to 2004. That year, he founded UND LIfe
Sciences at Shaker Heights, Ohio, a biotechnology company,[7] and became its founder president
and chief executive officer.[8] Between 2007 and 2009, he had a brief stay in India as the Research
Director of IKP Centre for Technologies in Public Health, Chennai.[6]
Das is married to Lakshmi and the couple has two children, Arundhati and Aditya. He holds the
positions of the CEO and research director of UND Life Sciences [9] and is a director of Primrose
Biosciences,[10] a Hyderabad-based company involved in research and experimental development in
the field of natural sciences and engineering.[11]

Legacy[edit]

Glioma MRI

Researches of U. N. Das are focused on various disease processes and his researches have
revealed the tumoricidal properties of cis-unsaturated fatty acids as well as the role of gamma-
Linolenic acid in controlling the progress of glioma, a type of tumor which affects brain and spinal
cord.[12] He has also worked on drug development to combat diseases and conditions such as
obesity, cancer, diabetes, hypertension and schizophrenia.[13][14] His researches have been
documented by way of several articles;[15][note 1]ResearchGate an online repository of scientific articles
has listed 500 of them.[15] Besides, he has authored three books, viz. Metabolic Syndrome
Pathophysiology: The Role of Essential Fatty Acids,[16]Molecular Basis of Health and Disease[17][note
2]
and A Perinatal Strategy For Preventing Adult Disease: The Role of Long-Chain Polyunsaturated
Fatty Acids.[18] He holds a number of patents for his work, which include Method of potentating the
action of 2-methoxyoestradiol, statins and C-peptide of proinsulin,[19] Method(s) of stabilizing and
potentiating the actions and administration of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) [20] Method of
stabilizing and potentiating the action of anti-angiogenic substances,[21] Method(s) of preventing,
arresting, reversing and treatment of atherosclerosis,[22] and Methods for selectively occluding blood
supplies to neoplasias[23] and Butyrylcholinesterase as a marker of low-grade systemic inflammation.
[24]
Das is the editor-in-chief of Lipids in Health and Disease, a journal published by BioMed
Central[25] and Current Nutrition & Food Science, published by Bentham Science.[26][note 3] He is the
section editor of Medicine journal,[27] a member of the editorial board of the Medical
Hypotheses[28] and the Journal of Geriatric Cardiology[29] and sits in the scientific advisory board of
Techno Scienze Publisher[30] which publishes a number of journals.[31] He is also a member of the
editorial review board of Journal of Applied Research in Clinical and Experimental
Therapeutics[32] and has been associated with a number of other journals as a member of their
editorial boards or the Panel of Reviewers which include World Journal of Diabetes,[33] European
Journal of General Medicine, Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, Frontiers in
Biosciences, Diabetes Review Letters, Open Colorectal Cancer Journal, Indian Journal of Medical
Research[34] and Gene Therapy and Molecular Biology.[6] He has also been a member of the
International Advisory Board of the II International Conference on Functional Foods for the
Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Diseases, organized by Functional Foods Center, held in
November, 2005 at Richardson, Texas;[35]

Awards and honors[edit]

Das, a Ramalingaswamy Re-entry Fellow of the Department of Biotechnology,[9] received the
Shakuntala Amirchand Prize of the Indian Council of Medical Research in 1988[6] and the Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, one of the highest
Indian science awards in 1992.[36] He delivered the Dr. Coelho Memorial Award Oration of Association
of Physicians of India in 1992;[8] the same year as he received the Regional Research Award of the
Japanese Society of Clinical Chemistry.[37] He also received two minor awards in 1992 viz. Yagnavalki
Sangham Award and Distinguished Citizen Award of Pramukh Swamy Maharaj of Aksharadham and
the Karnataka Association of Physicians of India awarded him the Bobba Dharma Rao Prize in 1994.
[6]
In between, the National Academy of Medical Sciences elected him as a fellow in 1992[38] and the
Indian College of Physicians followed suit in 1993. [6] He is also a fellow of the Royal Society of
Chemistry, a founder member of Telangana Academy of Sciences[39] and a member of science
organizations such as New York Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement
of Science and Society for Experimental Biology