MicroRNAs an evolving prognostic, diagnostic and therapeutic target in prostate cancer

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Shashank Kumar, PhD is perusing Post Doctoral work at Department of Biochemistry, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India. He has expertise in areas of Free radical biology, Cancer biology, Characterization of plant products, Xenobiotic metabolism, and Microbiology. Dr. Kumar is familiar with many biochemical techniques such as Spectrophotometry, ELISA, Electrophoresis, PCR, RT-PCR, Flow Cytometry, TLC, HPLC, LC-MS, Cell culture and Microbiological techniques. He has presented his research findings in more than 30 National/International Conferences and attended about 35 Workshop at the majority of major Universities and Medical Colleges throughout the India. Recent publications include the first time reporting of hepatoprotective and oxidative stress mitigative (in vitro and in vivo) effects of E. crassipes leaf extracts as well as Cell cycle inhibitory and hepato-protective activity of Piper longum.  Dr. Kumar is life time member of Italo-Latin American Society of Ethnomedicine; Indian Sciences Congress Association, India; Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences Society, India; Member of Publication Integrity & Ethics, London; and Asian Council of Science Editors, Dubai, UAE. Dr. Kumar has been awarded Indian Council of Medical Research Senior/Research Associate, Rajiv Gandhi National Junior/Senior Research Fellowships formulated and funded by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and Ministry of Tribal Affairs, and ICMR India respectively. Dr. Kumar did B.Sc. M.Sc. and PhD Biochemistry (2005-2014) from Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India.