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David M. Bedwell is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Neurology, Genetics, and Oncology.

The scientist's work encompasses several key topics, including:

  • Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

David M. Bedwell has published extensively, with the majority appearing in the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. Other frequent publication venues include Nature Communications, Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids, PLoS ONE, and the American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology.

Notable recent papers include:

  • A small molecule that induces translational readthrough of CFTR nonsense mutations by eRF1 depletion, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Mutation-Directed Therapeutics for Neurofibromatosis Type I, 2020, Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids
  • Extended stop codon context predicts nonsense codon readthrough efficiency in human cells, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Prime editing-mediated correction of the CFTR W1282X mutation in iPSCs and derived airway epithelial cells, 2023, PLoS ONE
  • The synthetic aminoglycoside ELX-02 induces readthrough of G550X-CFTR producing superfunctional protein that can be further enhanced by CFTR modulators, 2023, American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with peers such as Kim M. Keeling, K. Thrasher, Lianwu Fu, Steven M. Rowe, and Ming Du, indicating a network of coauthorship that supports interdisciplinary research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Aminoglycoside antibiotics restore CFTR function by overcoming premature stop mutations

    Marybeth Howard;Raymond A. Frizzell;Raymond A. Frizzell;David M. Bedwell

  • Aminoglycoside antibiotics mediate context-dependent suppression of termination codons in a mammalian translation system.

    Marina Manuvakhova;Kim Keeling;David M. Bedwell

  • SUPPRESSION OF A CFTR PREMATURE STOP MUTATION IN A BRONCHIAL EPITHELIAL CELL LINE

    David M. Bedwell;Anisa Kaenjak;Dale J. Benos;Zsuzsa Bebok

  • The efficiency of translation termination is determined by a synergistic interplay between upstream and downstream sequences in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Brian Bonetti;Lianwu Fu;James Moon;David M. Bedwell

  • Therapeutics Based on Stop Codon Readthrough

    Kim M. Keeling;Xiaojiao Xue;Gwen Gunn;David M. Bedwell

  • Evidence that Systemic Gentamicin Suppresses Premature Stop Mutations in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

    J. P. Clancy;Zsuzsa Bebök;Fadel Ruiz;Chris King

  • PTC124 is an orally bioavailable compound that promotes suppression of the human CFTR-G542X nonsense allele in a CF mouse model

    Ming Du;Xiaoli Liu;Ellen Marie Welch;Samit Hirawat

  • The spc rtbosomal protein operon of Eschenchia coli: sequence and cotranscriptlon of the rlbosomal protein genes and a protein export gene

    Douglas Pat Cerretti;Dennis Dean;Geneva R. Davis;David M. Bedwell

  • GTP Hydrolysis by eRF3 Facilitates Stop Codon Decoding during Eukaryotic Translation Termination

    Joe Salas-Marco;David M. Bedwell

  • Aminoglycoside suppression of a premature stop mutation in a Cftr-/- mouse carrying a human CFTR-G542X transgene.

    Ming Du;Julie R. Jones;Jessica Lanier;Kim M. Keeling

  • Gentamicin-mediated suppression of Hurler syndrome stop mutations restores a low level of alpha-L-iduronidase activity and reduces lysosomal glycosaminoglycan accumulation.

    Kim M. Keeling;Doug A. Brooks;John J. Hopwood;Peining Li

  • Ataluren stimulates ribosomal selection of near-cognate tRNAs to promote nonsense suppression.

    Bijoyita Roy;Westley J. Friesen;Yuki Tomizawa;John D. Leszyk

  • The vacuolar Ca2+/H+ exchanger Vcx1p/Hum1p tightly controls cytosolic Ca2+ levels in S. cerevisiae

    Attila Miseta;Richard Kellermayer;David P Aiello;Lianwu Fu

  • Leaky termination at premature stop codons antagonizes nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in S. cerevisiae.

    Kim M. Keeling;Jessica Lanier;Ming Du;Joe Salas-Marco

  • Characterization of defects in ion transport and tissue development in cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-knockout rats.

    Katherine L. Tuggle;Susan E. Birket;Xiaoxia Cui;Jeong Hong

  • Clinically relevant aminoglycosides can suppress disease-associated premature stop mutations in the IDUA and P53 cDNAs in a mammalian translation system.

    Kim M. Keeling;David M. Bedwell

  • Synthetic Aminoglycosides Efficiently Suppress Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Nonsense Mutations and Are Enhanced by Ivacaftor

    Xiaojiao Xue;Venkateshwar Mutyam;Liping Tang;Silpak Biswas

  • Discrimination between defects in elongation fidelity and termination efficiency provides mechanistic insights into translational readthrough.

    Joe Salas-Marco;David M. Bedwell

  • Suppression of premature termination codons as a therapeutic approach

    Kim M. Keeling;Dan Wang;Sara E. Conard;David M. Bedwell

  • Suppression of nonsense mutations as a therapeutic approach to treat genetic diseases.

    Kim M. Keeling;David M. Bedwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven M. Rowe
Steven M. Rowe University of Alabama at Birmingham
Eric J. Sorscher
Eric J. Sorscher Emory University
Masayasu Nomura
Masayasu Nomura University of Wisconsin–Madison
John P. Clancy
John P. Clancy Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Raymond A. Frizzell
Raymond A. Frizzell University of Pittsburgh
Scott D. Emr
Scott D. Emr Cornell University
Allan Jacobson
Allan Jacobson University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Dale J. Benos
Dale J. Benos University of Alabama at Birmingham
Bruce R. Korf
Bruce R. Korf University of Alabama at Birmingham
Philip J. Farabaugh
Philip J. Farabaugh University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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