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14880
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1437
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731

George Khoury publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where George Khoury sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 161 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

George Khoury D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where George Khoury sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

George Khoury was affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research contributions spanned several areas within medicine, focusing particularly on physiology, pharmacology, computational theory and mathematics, and gastroenterology. The main thematic areas of their work included Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases, computational drug discovery methods, and celiac disease research and management.

Among their recent scientific papers were:

  • "Inhibiting Alzheimer's Disease by Targeting Aggregation of Beta-Amyloid," published in 2025 in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Unmasking Hidden Gluten: Evaluating the Compliance of Gluten-Free Products and Consumer Exposure in Lebanon," published in 2025 in the Journal of Food Protection

The scientist frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Abhinay D. Joshi
  • Charalampos S. Floudas
  • Hussein F. Hassan
  • Ranim Assi
  • Raceel Alkhatib

George Khoury's work appeared in journals and venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Food Protection

Throughout their career, Khoury's research contributed to areas that intersect clinical and computational approaches, particularly in understanding neurodegenerative diseases and food-related health issues.

In recognition of their contributions, Khoury was awarded membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 1987.

Best Publications

  • The tat Gene of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Induces Mesenchymal Tumors in Transgenic Mice

    M Nerenberg;SH Hinrichs;RK Reynolds;G Khoury

  • Host-specific activation of transcription by tandem repeats from simian virus 40 and Moloney murine sarcoma virus.

    Laimonis A. Laimins;George Khoury;Cornelia Gorman;Bruce Howard

  • Simian virus 40 tandem repeated sequences as an element of the early promoter

    Peter Gruss;Ravi Dhar;George Khoury

  • The genome of human papovavirus BKV

    Isabelle Seif;George Khoury;Ravi Dhar

  • Trans-activation of the human immunodeficiency virus long terminal repeat sequence by DNA viruses.

    Howard E. Gendelman;William Phelps;Lionel Feigenbaum;Jeffrey M. Ostrove

  • Reversal of oncogenesis by the expression of a major histocompatibility complex class I gene

    Kenichi Tanaka;Kurt J. Isselbacher;George Khoury;Gilbert Jay

  • Characterization of enhancer elements in the long terminal repeat of Moloney murine sarcoma virus.

    L A Laimins;P Gruss;R Pozzatti;G Khoury

  • A transgenic mouse model for human neurofibromatosis.

    SH Hinrichs;M Nerenberg;RK Reynolds;G Khoury

  • Activation of SV40 genome by 72-base pair tandem repeats of Moloney sarcoma virus

    Barbara Levinson;George Khoury;George Vande Woude;Peter Gruss

  • Identification of p40x-responsive regulatory sequences within the human T-cell leukemia virus type I long terminal repeat.

    J Brady;K T Jeang;J Duvall;G Khoury

  • Characterization of cellular factors that interact with the human T-cell leukemia virus type I p40x-responsive 21-base-pair sequence.

    K T Jeang;I Boros;J Brady;M Radonovich

  • Transcriptional "silencer" element in rat repetitive sequences associated with the rat insulin 1 gene locus.

    Laimonis Laimins;Monika Holmgren-Konig;George Khoury

  • p53 transformation-related protein: detection by monoclonal antibody in mouse and human cells

    Wolfgang G. Dippold;Gilbert Jay;Albert B. DeLeo;George Khoury

  • Primary Rat Embryo Cells Transformed by One or Two Oncogenes Show Different Metastatic Potentials

    Rudy Pozzatti;Ruth Muschel;Jeanne Williams;Raji Padmanabhan

  • Bovine papilloma virus deoxyribonucleic acid: a novel eucaryotic cloning vector.

    N Sarver;P Gruss;M F Law;G Khoury

  • Stimulation of simian virus 40 late gene expression by simian virus 40 tumor antigen

    John Brady;Joseph B. Bolen;Michael Radonovich;Norman Salzman

  • JC virus enhancer-promoter active in human brain cells.

    Shannon Kenney;Venkatachala Natarajan;David Strike;George Khoury

  • Mapping the spliced and unspliced late lytic SV40 RNAs

    Ching-Juh Lai;Ravi Dhar;George Khoury

  • BKV splice sequences based on analysis of preferred donor and acceptor sites

    I. Seif;G. Khoury;R. Dhar

  • BK viral enhancer element and a human cellular homolog

    Nadia Rosenthal;Michel Kress;Peter Gruss;George Khoury

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilbert Jay
Gilbert Jay American Red Cross
Malcolm A. Martin
Malcolm A. Martin National Institutes of Health
Peter M. Howley
Peter M. Howley Harvard Medical School
Ravi Dhar
Ravi Dhar Yale University
John N. Brady
John N. Brady National Institutes of Health
Peter Gruss
Peter Gruss Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Kuan-Teh Jeang
Kuan-Teh Jeang National Institutes of Health
Ching-Juh Lai
Ching-Juh Lai National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Myles Brown
Myles Brown Harvard University
Daniel Nathans
Daniel Nathans Johns Hopkins University

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