News on our work, “A Nucleolar Mechanism Controlling Cell Proliferation in Stem Cells and Cancer Cells”, published in 2002 Genes Dev. Vol 16. No 23. p2991-3003
Bernardi, R. and Pandolfi, P.P. (2003) The Nucleolus: At the Stem of Immortality. Nat Med. Vol. 9 No. 1 p24-25
Kirschweger, G. and Frederickson, R.M. (2003) Nucleostemin-A New Therapeutic Target and Tool? Mol Ther. Vol. 7. No. 1. p3-4
News on our work, “A Multistep, GTP-driven Mechanism Controlling the Dynamic Cycling of Nucleostemin”, published in 2005 J Cell Biol. Vol. 168. No. 1. p179-184
Misteli, T. (2005) Going in GTP cycles in the Nucleolus. J Cell Biol. 168. No. 1. p177-178
This Week in ST: Trapped in the Nucleolus by GTP. Sci. STKE. Vol. 2005. p37
Swaminathan, S. (2005) Nucleolar Targeting Runs on GTP Cycles. Nat Cell Biol. Vol. 7. No. 3. p217
News on our work, “GTP Depletion Synergizes the Anti-Proliferative Activity of Chemotherapeutic Agents in a Cell Type-Dependent Manner”, published in 2011 Biochem Bioph Res Co. Vol. 414. No. 2. p403-408.
McNichols, J. (2013) Stem Cell Protein Yields Hope for Cancer Patients. TAMHSC News
Awarded US Patent No. 9,492,426
News on our work, “Nucleostemin Prevents Telomere Damage by Promoting PML-IV Recruitment to SUMOylated TRF1”, published in 2012 J Cell Biol. Vol. 197. No. 5. p613-624
J Cell Biol. Biobytes (2012) Telomere Protection by Nucleostemin
David, R. (2012) Telomeres: A New Level of Protection. Nat Rev Mol Cell Bio. Vol. 13. No. 7. p408
News on our work, “Nucleostemin Deletion Reveals An Essential Mechanism That Maintains The Genomic Stability of Stem and Progenitor cells”, published in 2013 Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. Vol. 110. No. 28. p11415-11420
Williamson, B. (2013) Researchers Reveal Guardian of The Stem Cell Genome. TAMHSC News
Pointer, E. (2013) KRHD-TV ABC40 news report
Houston Medical Times (2013) Houston Researchers Reveal Guardian of the Stem Cell Genome
News on our work, “A Novel Role of Nucleostemin in Maintaining the Genome Integrity of Dividing Hepatocytes during Mouse Liver Development and Regeneration”, published in 2013 Hepatology Vol. 58. No. 6. p2176-2187
Lambert, H. (2013) Texas A&M Researchers Discover Mechanism to Prevent DNA Damage during Liver Regeneration. TAMHSC News
Ishibashi, A. (2013) Texas A&M Researchers Reveal Nucleostemin Protein Prevents DNA Errors In Cell Replication. BioNews Texas
News on our work, “Designing A Novel Mucoadhesive ChemoPatch to Ablate Oral Dysplasia for Cancer Prevention”, published in 2022 Small Vol. 18 (21). 202201561
Awarded as the 2022 cohort of the TMCi Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics Program for Commercialization
US PCT Application “Biodegradable Mucoadhesive Pharmaceutical Formulations and Methods Thereof”
