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Biology and Biochemistry
UK
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

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116
Citations
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757
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41

Medicine

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116
Citations
44845
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4393
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Lawrence S. Young is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions in Oncology, Artificial Intelligence, Infectious Diseases, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Immunology.

Their scholarly work spans several main topics including viral-associated cancers and disorders, AI in cancer detection, radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, cell image analysis techniques, COVID-19 clinical research studies, immune cell function and interaction, and cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Nasir Rajpoot, Dimitris Grammatopoulos, Fayyaz Minhas, William O. Dawson, and Kwok Wai Lo.

Their research has appeared in various publication venues, with notable frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancers
  • Pathogens
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers by Lawrence S. Young showcase a focus on nasopharyngeal carcinoma, immune response, and viral interactions:

  • "Single-cell transcriptomic analysis defines the interplay between tumor cells, viral infection, and the microenvironment in nasopharyngeal carcinoma" (2020, Cell Research)
  • "Whole-genome profiling of nasopharyngeal carcinoma reveals viral-host co-operation in inflammatory NF-κB activation and immune escape" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Long COVID risk - a signal to address sex hormones and women's health" (2021, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe)
  • "The Role of EBV-Encoded LMP1 in the NPC Tumor Microenvironment: From Function to Therapy" (2021, Frontiers in Oncology)
  • "Advances in pathogenesis and precision medicine for nasopharyngeal carcinoma" (2021, MedComm)

Best Publications

  • Epstein–Barr virus: 40 years on

    Lawrence S. Young;Alan B. Rickinson

  • The natural history of cervical HPV infection: unresolved issues.

    Ciaran B. J. Woodman;Stuart I. Collins;Lawrence S. Young

  • Natural history of cervical human papillomavirus infection in young women: a longitudinal cohort study

    Ciaran Bj Woodman;Stuart Collins;Heather Winter;Andrew Bailey

  • Expression of Epstein-Barr virus transformation-associated genes in tissues of patients with EBV lymphoproliferative disease.

    L Young;C Alfieri;K Hennessy;H Evans

  • Differences in B cell growth phenotype reflect novel patterns of Epstein-Barr virus latent gene expression in Burkitt's lymphoma cells

    M Rowe;D T Rowe;C D Gregory;L S Young

  • Expression of Epstein-Barr virus latent gene products in tumour cells of Hodgkin's disease.

    G. Pallesen;S.J. Hamilton-Dutoit;M. Rowe;L.S. Young

  • Epstein-Barr virus and oncogenesis: from latent genes to tumours.

    Lawrence S Young;Paul G Murray

  • Epstein-Barr virus: more than 50 years old and still providing surprises

    Lawrence S. Young;Lee Fah Yap;Paul G. Murray

  • Epstein-Barr virus types 1 and 2 differ in their EBNA-3A, EBNA-3B, and EBNA-3C genes.

    J Sample;L Young;B Martin;T Chatman

  • Epstein-Barr virus latent gene transcription in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells: coexpression of EBNA1, LMP1, and LMP2 transcripts.

    L Brooks;Q Y Yao;A B Rickinson;L S Young

  • Epstein-Barr virus latency in blood mononuclear cells: analysis of viral gene transcription during primary infection and in the carrier state.

    R J Tierney;N Steven;L S Young;A B Rickinson

  • Epstein-Barr virus gene expression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

    L. S. Young;C. W. Dawson;D. Clark;H. Rupani

  • Molecular evolution of the metaplasia-dysplasia-adenocarcinoma sequence in the esophagus.

    Janusz A. Jankowski;Nick A. Wright;Stephen J. Meltzer;George Triadafilopoulos

  • A phase II study of adoptive immunotherapy using dendritic cells pulsed with tumor lysate in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

    Daniel H. Palmer;Rachel S. Midgley;Noweeda Mirza;Elizabeth E. Torr

  • Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein inhibits human epithelial cell differentiation

    Christopher W. Dawson;Alan B. Rickinson;Lawrence S. Young

  • Influence of the Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen EBNA 2 on the growth phenotype of virus-transformed B cells

    A B Rickinson;L S Young;M Rowe

  • Epstein-Barr virus and Hodgkin's disease: transcriptional analysis of virus latency in the malignant cells.

    E M Deacon;G Pallesen;G Niedobitek;J Crocker

  • Viral gene therapy strategies: from basic science to clinical application

    Lawrence S Young;Peter F Searle;David Onion;Vivien Mautner

  • Activation of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway by Epstein-Barr virus-encoded latent membrane protein 1 coregulates interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 production.

    Aristides G. Eliopoulos;Neil J. Gallagher;Sarah M.S. Blake;Christopher W. Dawson

  • The control of apoptosis and drug resistance in ovarian cancer: influence of p53 and Bcl-2.

    A G Eliopoulos;D J Kerr;J Herod;L Hodgkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher W. Dawson
Christopher W. Dawson University of Birmingham
Aristides G. Eliopoulos
Aristides G. Eliopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Alan B. Rickinson
Alan B. Rickinson University of Birmingham
Gerald Niedobitek
Gerald Niedobitek University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
David J. Kerr
David J. Kerr University of Oxford
Martin Rowe
Martin Rowe University of Birmingham
David H. Adams
David H. Adams Mount Sinai Hospital
Nicholas D. James
Nicholas D. James Institute of Cancer Research
Christopher D. Gregory
Christopher D. Gregory University of Edinburgh
Stefan G. Hubscher
Stefan G. Hubscher University of Birmingham

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