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Robert A. Newman 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 Robert A. Newman sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 218 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert A. Newman 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 Robert A. Newman 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.

Overview

Robert A. Newman is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The primary subfields of study include molecular biology, infectious diseases, oncology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and immunology.

The main research topics covered by their work encompass mosquito-borne diseases and control, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, viral infections and immunology research, glioma diagnosis and treatment, CRISPR and genetic engineering, autophagy in disease and therapy, and animal virus infections studies.

Frequent co-authors of Robert A. Newman include:

  • K. Jagannadha Sastry
  • Jose R. Matos
  • Peiying Yang
  • Francesco Marampon
  • Giovanni Luca Gravina

Their publications have appeared regularly in several scientific journals. Key publication venues are:

  • Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  • The Oncologist
  • Journal of Experimental Pharmacology
  • Nature Medicine

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert A. Newman include:

  • Antiviral activity of oleandrin and a defined extract of Nerium oleander against SARS-CoV-2, 2021, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  • A Phase II, Single-Arm, Open-Label, Bayesian Adaptive Efficacy and Safety Study of PBI-05204 in Patients with Stage IV Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, 2020, The Oncologist
  • Antiviral Effects of Oleandrin, 2020, Journal of Experimental Pharmacology
  • The Botanical Drug PBI-05204, a Supercritical CO2 Extract of Nerium Oleander, Inhibits Growth of Human Glioblastoma, Reduces Akt/mTOR Activities, and Modulates GSC Cell-Renewal Properties, 2020, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Prophylactic and Therapeutic Inhibition of In Vitro SARS-CoV-2 Replication by Oleandrin, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Chronic stress promotes tumor growth and angiogenesis in a mouse model of ovarian carcinoma

    Premal H Thaker;Liz Y Han;Aparna A Kamat;Jesusa M Arevalo

  • Cardiac glycosides as novel cancer therapeutic agents

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  • Complete Regression of Well-established Tumors Using a Novel Water-soluble Poly(l-Glutamic Acid)-Paclitaxel Conjugate

    Chun Li;Dong Fang Yu;Robert A. Newman;Fernando Cabral

  • Celecoxib inhibits prostate cancer growth: Evidence of a cyclooxygenase-2-independent mechanism

    Manish I. Patel;Manish I. Patel;Manish I. Patel;Kotha Subbaramaiah;Baoheng Du;Mindy Chang

  • Oleandrin Suppresses Activation of Nuclear Transcription Factor-κB, Activator Protein-1, and c-Jun NH2-Terminal Kinase

    Sunil K. Manna;Nand K. Sah;Robert A. Newman;Angela Cisneros

  • The Human Lipid Phosphate Phosphatase-3 Decreases the Growth, Survival, and Tumorigenesis of Ovarian Cancer Cells Validation of the Lysophosphatidic Acid Signaling Cascade as a Target for Therapy in Ovarian Cancer

    Janos L. Tanyi;Andrew J. Morris;Judith K. Wolf;Xianjun Fang

  • HER2/neu-induced mammary tumorigenesis and angiogenesis are reduced in cyclooxygenase-2 knockout mice

    Louise R. Howe;Louise R. Howe;Sung Hee Chang;Kelly C. Tolle;Kelly C. Tolle;Rachelle Dillon

  • Autophagic Cell Death of Human Pancreatic Tumor Cells Mediated by Oleandrin, a Lipid-Soluble Cardiac Glycoside

    Unknown

  • Formation and antiproliferative effect of prostaglandin E3 from eicosapentaenoic acid in human lung cancer cells

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  • Phase I study of mitoxantrone plus etoposide with multidrug blockade by SDZ PSC-833 in relapsed or refractory acute myelogenous leukemia.

    S M Kornblau;E Estey;T Madden;H T Tran

  • Evidence that arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase 2 is a negative cell cycle regulator in normal prostate epithelial cells.

    Shaohua Tang;Bobby Bhatia;Carlos J. Maldonado;Peiying Yang

  • AnvirzelTM, an extract of Nerium oleander, induces cell death in human but not murine cancer cells.

    Sen Pathak;Asha S. Multani;Satya Narayan;Virendra Kumar

  • Inhibition of export of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) from the prostate cancer cell lines PC3 and DU145 by Anvirzel and its cardiac glycoside component, oleandrin.

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  • Regulation of prostaglandin transporters in colorectal neoplasia.

    Vijaykumar R. Holla;Michael G. Backlund;Peying Yang;Robert A. Newman

  • 8-Chloro-cAMP and 8-Chloro-adenosine Act by the Same Mechanism in Multiple Myeloma Cells

    Varsha Gandhi;Mary Ayres;Robert G. Halgren;Nancy L. Krett

  • Molecular subtypes of osteosarcoma identified by reducing tumor heterogeneity through an interspecies comparative approach

    Milcah C. Scott;Aaron L. Sarver;Katherine J. Gavin;Venugopal Thayanithy

  • In vitro enhancement of tumor cell radiosensitivity by a selective inhibitor of cyclooxygenase-2 enzyme: mechanistic considerations.

    Uma Raju;Eiko Nakata;Peiying Yang;Robert A Newman

  • Novel marine-derived anticancer agents: a phase I clinical, pharmacological, and pharmacodynamic study of dolastatin 10 (NSC 376128) in patients with advanced solid tumors.

    Timothy Madden;Hai T. Tran;Debrah Beck;Reeves Huie

  • Phase I evaluation of all-trans-retinoic acid in adults with solid tumors.

    J S Lee;R A Newman;S M Lippman;M H Huber

  • Curcumin Suppresses the Paclitaxel-Induced Nuclear Factor-KB Pathway in Breast Cancer Cells and Inhibits LungMetastasis of Human Breast Cancer in NudeMice

    Bharat B. Aggarwal;Shishir Shishodia;Yasunari Takada;Sanjeev Banerjee

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott M. Lippman
Scott M. Lippman University of California, San Diego
Reuben Lotan
Reuben Lotan The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Razelle Kurzrock
Razelle Kurzrock Medical College of Wisconsin
Andrew J. Dannenberg
Andrew J. Dannenberg Cornell University
James L. Abbruzzese
James L. Abbruzzese Duke University
Sanford D. Markowitz
Sanford D. Markowitz Case Western Reserve University
Leonard A. Zwelling
Leonard A. Zwelling The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Donald C. Lo
Donald C. Lo Duke University
Kotha Subbaramaiah
Kotha Subbaramaiah Cornell University
Sen Pathak
Sen Pathak The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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