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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2003 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award
  • 2001 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 1999 - J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine, Robarts Research Institute
  • 1990 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1990 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Judah Folkman was affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with particular attention to subfields such as cell biology, pathology and forensic medicine, and genetics.

The scientist's work addressed topics including skin and cellular biology research, autoimmune bullous skin diseases, and dermatological and skeletal disorders.

Their recorded recent publication is titled "Basic fibroblast growth factor: a missing link between collagen VII, increased collagenase, and squamous cell carcinoma in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa," published in 2020 at UNC Libraries.

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Judah Folkman received several awards during their career, including the Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award in 2003, the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute in 2001, and the J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine from Robarts Research Institute in 1999. They were elected a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine in 1990. Earlier, in 1988, they became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and were also a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Tumor Angiogenesis: Therapeutic Implications

    Judah Folkman

  • Angiogenesis in cancer, vascular, rheumatoid and other disease

    Judah Folkman

  • Patterns and Emerging Mechanisms of the Angiogenic Switch during Tumorigenesis

    Douglas Hanahan;Judah Folkman;Judah Folkman

  • Tumor angiogenesis and metastasis--correlation in invasive breast carcinoma.

    Noel Weidner;Joseph P. Semple;William R. Welch;Judah Folkman

  • What is the evidence that tumors are angiogenesis dependent

    Judah Folkman

  • Endostatin: an endogenous inhibitor of angiogenesis and tumor growth.

    Michael S O'Reilly;Thomas Boehm;Yuen Shing;Naomi Fukai

  • Angiostatin: A novel angiogenesis inhibitor that mediates the suppression of metastases by a lewis lung carcinoma

    Michael S. O'Reilly;Michael S. O'Reilly;Lars Holmgren;Lars Holmgren;Yuen Shing;Yuen Shing;Catherine Chen;Catherine Chen

  • Transplacental carcinogenesis by stilbestrol

    Judah Folkman

  • Role of angiogenesis in tumor growth and metastasis

    Judah Folkman

  • Thalidomide is an inhibitor of angiogenesis.

    Robert J. D'Amato;Michael S. Loughnan;Evelyn Flynn;Judah Folkman

  • Seminars in Medicine of the Beth Israel Hospital, Boston. Clinical applications of research on angiogenesis.

    Judah Folkman

  • Tumor Angiogenesis: A New Significant and Independent Prognostic Indicator in Early-Stage Breast Carcinoma

    Noel Weidner;Judah Folkman;Franco Pozza;Pierantonio Bevilacqua

  • Angiogenesis: an organizing principle for drug discovery?

    Judah Folkman

  • Role of cell shape in growth control

    Judah Folkman;Anne Moscona

  • Dormancy of micrometastases: balanced proliferation and apoptosis in the presence of angiogenesis suppression.

    Lars Holmgren;Michael S. O'reilly;Judah Folkman

  • Induction of angiogenesis during the transition from hyperplasia to neoplasia

    Judah Folkman;Karol Watson;Donald Ingber;Douglas Hanahan;Douglas Hanahan

  • Antiangiogenic therapy of experimental cancer does not induce acquired drug resistance

    Thomas Boehm;Judah Folkman;Timothy Browder;Michael S. O'Reilly

  • ISOLATION OF A TUMOR FACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANGIOGENESIS

    Judah Folkman;Ezio Merler;Charles Abernathy;Gretchen Williams

  • Antiangiogenic Scheduling of Chemotherapy Improves Efficacy against Experimental Drug-resistant Cancer

    Timothy Browder;Catherine E. Butterfield;Birgit M. Kräling;Bin Shi

  • Clinical translation of angiogenesis inhibitors.

    Robert Kerbel;Judah Folkman

Frequent Co-Authors

Yihai Cao
Yihai Cao Karolinska Institute
Joseph E. Italiano
Joseph E. Italiano Boston Children's Hospital
Michael Klagsbrun
Michael Klagsbrun Boston Children's Hospital
John B. Mulliken
John B. Mulliken Boston Children's Hospital
Marsha A. Moses
Marsha A. Moses Boston Children's Hospital
Donald E. Ingber
Donald E. Ingber Harvard University
David Zurakowski
David Zurakowski Boston Children's Hospital
John V. Heymach
John V. Heymach The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Mark W. Kieran
Mark W. Kieran Harvard University

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