Pradeep Seth

Pradeep Seth is an Indian virologist who injected himself in 2003 with a potential vaccine he had developed for HIV.^[1] He has been working in the field of virology since 1968 and is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences,^[2]

He did his MBBS and Masters (MD) in Microbiology from AIIMS in 1970 and then taught at the same institute till 2005. He holds 4 Indian Patent and 4 International Patent in the field of Virology.^[3] In 1986, he was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for his contribution in Medical Sciences.^[4]

[1]
Kumar S, Aggarwal P, Vajpayee M, Pandey R, Seth P (2006). "Development of a candidate DNA/MVA HIV-1 subtype C vaccine for India". Vaccine. 24 (14): 2585–2593. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.12.032. PMID 16480792.
[2]
"List of Fellows - NAMS" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
[3]
"Protected By Symantec" (PDF). docisolation.prod.fire.glass. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
[4]
"Dr Pradeep Seth". ssbprize.gov.in. Retrieved 22 December 2019.