Muhammad Akhtar

Prof. Muhammad Akhtar


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Academic Career Length

37Years (1990-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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21 July 2023 in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
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MSMohsin Shad
Mohsin Shad
NHNaveed Hussain
Naveed Hussain
MUMuhammad Usman
Muhammad Usman
MAMuhammad Akhtar
Muhammad Akhtar
MSMuhammad Sajjad
Muhammad Sajjad

1 April 1990 in Steroids
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JWJ.Neville Wright
J.Neville Wright
MAMuhammad Akhtar
Muhammad Akhtar

1 January 2017 in Journal of Proteomics
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SGSaba Ghazanfar
Saba Ghazanfar
IFIram Fatima
Iram Fatima
MAMuhammad Aslam
Muhammad Aslam
SMSyed Ghulam Musharraf
Syed Ghulam Musharraf
NSNicholas E. Sherman
Nicholas E. Sherman
SSSaima Sadaf
Saima Sadaf

5 April 2017 in PLOS ONE
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AKAasia Khaliq
Aasia Khaliq
RRResmi Ravindran
Resmi Ravindran
SHSyed Fahadulla Hussainy
Syed Fahadulla Hussainy
VKViwanathan V. Krishnan
Viwanathan V. Krishnan
AAAtiqa Ambreen
Atiqa Ambreen
IKImran H Khan
Imran H Khan
Over 9 million new active tuberculosis (TB) cases emerge each year from an enormous pool of 2 billion individuals latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb.) worldwide. About 3 million new TB cases per year are unaccounted for, and 1.5 million die. TB, however, is generally curable if diagnosed correctly and in a timely manner. The current diagnostic methods for TB, including state-of-the-art molecular tests, have failed in delivering the capacity needed in endemic countries to curtail this ongoing pandemic. Efficient, cost effective and scalable diagnostic approaches are critically needed. We report a multiplex TB serology panel using microbead suspension array containing a combination of 11 M.tb. antigens that demonstrated overall sensitivity of 91% in serum/plasma samples from TB patients confirmed by culture. Group wise sensitivities for sputum smear positive and negative patients were 95%, and 88%, respectively. Specificity of the test was 96% in untreated COPD patients and 91% in general healthy population. The sensitivity of this test is superior to that of the frontline sputum smear test with a comparable specificity (30–70%, and 93–99%, respectively). The multiplex serology test can be performed with scalability from 1 to 360 patients per day, and is amenable to automation for higher (1000s per day) throughput, thus enabling a scalable clinical work flow model for TB endemic countries. Taken together, the above results suggest that well defined antibody profiles in blood, analyzed by an appropriate technology platform, offer a valuable approach to TB diagnostics in endemic countries.

23 November 2017 in Extremophiles
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SSSaher Shahid
Saher Shahid
RTRazia Tajwar
Razia Tajwar
MAMuhammad Akhtar
Muhammad Akhtar