Handbook of Mitochondrial Dysfunction

About

Shamim I. Ahmad earned hisMasters degree in Botany fromPatna University Bihar India andhis PhD in Molecular Geneticsfrom Leicester University England.He then joined NottinghamPolytechnic as a grade 1 lecturer and subsequently waspromoted to the post of Senior Lecturer. Ahmad nowspends much of his time producing/writing medicalbooks. For more than three decades he researched differentareas of molecular biology/genetics including thyminelessdeath in bacteria genetic control of nucleotidecatabolism development of anti-AIDs drug control ofmicrobial infection of burns phages of thermophilic bacteriaand microbial flora of Chernobyl after the nuclearpower station accident. But his main interest is DNAdamage and repair specifically by near-ultraviolet lightmostly through the photolysis of biological compoundsproduction of reactive oxygen species and their implicationson human health including skin cancer. He alsoinvestigates near-ultraviolet photolysis of non-biologicalcompounds such as 8-metoxypsoralen mitomycin C andtheir importance in psoriasis treatment and in Fanconianemia. He has collaborated with the University ofOsaka Japan and he and his colleagues were able toshow that a number of naturally occurring enzymes wereable to scavenge the reactive oxygen species.In 2003 he received a prestigious Asian Jewel Awardin Britain for Excellence in Education. His long time ambitionto produce medical books started in 2007 and sincethen he has published Molecular mechanisms of FanconiAnemia Molecular Mechanisms of Xeroderma Pigmentosum;Molecular Mechanisms of Cockayne Syndrome;Molecular Mechanisms of Ataxia Telangiectasia; Diseasesof DNA repair; Neurodegenerative diseases; Diabetes: anOld Disease a New Insight Obesity: a Practical GuideThyroid: Basic Science and Clinical Practice and Ultravioletlight in Human Health diseases and environment; alsoas a co-author the book on Diabetes: A comprehensiveTreatise for patients and Caregivers. His most recent booksare Reactive Oxygen Species in Biology and Human Healthand Aging: Exploring a Complex Phenomenon.