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Seth is a Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. He is a certified Medical Laboratory Scientist by the Allied Health Professions Council, Ghana, and has over a decade of clinical laboratory practice before joining KNUST.
Seth holds a BSc in Medical Laboratory Technology and an MPhil in Immunology from KNUST. Also, he has a PGDip in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from the University of Education Winneba, Ghana. He was a WACCBIP-DELTAS PhD Fellow and graduated with a PhD in Molecular Cell Biology of Infectious Diseases from the University of Ghana, Legon. His mission is to use the knowledge in immuno-molecular cell biology to increase the impact on healthcare interventions in Africa, specifically viral hepatitis B infection and malaria elimination.
Seth previously worked on the molecular mechanisms through which cryptolepine, an alkaloid in the medicinal plant Cryptolepis sanguinolenta, modulates the type 1 interferon response signalling pathway, inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma cell growth and suppresses the hepatitis B virus replication.
Seth aims to unravel how toxins or genes collaborate with the hepatitis B virus to increase hepatocarcinogenesis among Africans and identify therapeutic targets. Seth is also exploring the area of malaria transmission research, focusing on discovering therapeutics blocking malaria parasite transmission.
Seth teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses that include cell biology, molecular biology, biomolecular techniques, and molecular medicine.