Gene and Cell Therapy: Biology and Applications

Dr. Giridhara R. Jayandharan is currently working as an Associate Professor at Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. Dr. Jayandharan completed his PhD from Christian Medical College, Vellore, India in the year 2006 and subsequently worked as post-doctoral fellow at University of Florida, Gainesville, USA between the year 2007-2009 where he worked extensively on Gene Therapy. Before joining the coveted Indian Institute of Technology, he worked as a faculty member in the Department of Hematology and also at Center for Stem Cell Research, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. His main area of research includes Gene transfer and therapy, Human molecular genetics and Virology. Dr. Jayandharan is a prolific publisher as he has over 60 papers in peer reviewed high quality journals. He is recipient of several awards and honors. Most notable awards received by him are; Wellcome Trust DBT senior fellowship, Swarnajayanthi fellowship from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, Young scientist award, YIM Boston, USA; Senior Innovative Young Biotechnologist award, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India; Bayer Hemophilia Early Career Investigator Award, Bayer Inc, USA etc. Dr. Jayandharan is a member of several notable academies/societies such as International Society for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, European Society for Gene and Cell Therapy, American Society for Gene and Cellular Therapy. 

Chapter 1. Retroviral vectors in gene therapy.- Chapter 2. Adeno-associated virus vectors in gene therapy.- Chapter 3. Nanoparticle-mediated gene delivery.- Chapter 4. Viral/non-viral based hybrid vectors for gene therapy.- Chapter 5. Pharmaco-gene therapy: an alternate perspective.- Chapter 6. Aptamers - Novel molecules in therapeutics.- Chapter 7. Induced pluripotent stem cells.- Chapter 8. Hope or Hype: Stem cells as therapeutics in retinal degenerative diseases.- Chapter 9. Hematopoeitic stem cells: past, present and future.