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Overview

Rod Balhorn is affiliated with Shal Technologies in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions spanning subfields such as radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, immunology, oncology, pathology and forensic medicine, and genetics.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics, including:

  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry

Rod Balhorn has collaborated with several coauthors over the years, notably:

  • Monique Cosman Balhorn
  • K. Balakrishnan
  • Robert B. Rebhun
  • Kin Man Au
  • Steven Park

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • The small molecule antibody mimic SH7139 targets a family of HLA-DRs expressed by B-cell lymphomas and other solid cancers (2020), published in Journal of drug targeting
  • Therapeutic applications of the selective high affinity ligand drug SH7139 extend beyond non-Hodgkin's lymphoma to many other types of solid cancers (2020), published in Oncotarget
  • Addition and Correction to "High-Performance Concurrent Chemo-Immuno-Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Hematologic Cancer through Selective High-Affinity Ligand Antibody Mimic-Functionalized Doxorubicin-Encapsulated Nanoparticles" (2024), published in ACS Central Science

Rod Balhorn's work has appeared in journals such as:

  • Journal of drug targeting
  • Oncotarget
  • ACS Central Science

Best Publications

  • The protamine family of sperm nuclear proteins

    Rod Balhorn

  • Sequence-specific packaging of DNA in human sperm chromatin

    JM Gatewood;GR Cook;R Balhorn;EM Bradbury

  • Processive translocation and DNA unwinding by individual RecBCD enzyme molecules

    Piero R. Bianco;Laurence R. Brewer;Michele Corzett;Rod Balhorn

  • Aberrant protamine 1/protamine 2 ratios in sperm of infertile human males

    R Balhorn;S Reed;N Tanphaichitr

  • Protamine-Induced Condensation and Decondensation of the Same DNA Molecule

    Laurence R. Brewer;Michele Corzett;Rod Balhorn

  • Mouse sperm chromatin proteins: quantitative isolation and partial characterization

    Rod Balhorn;B. L. Gledhill;A. J. Wyrobek

  • Dna packaging in mouse spermatids. Synthesis of protamine variants and four transition proteins.

    Rod Balhorn;Sue Weston;Cynthia Thomas;Andrew J. Wyrobek

  • Characteristics of human sperm chromatin structure following an episode of influenza and high fever: a case study.

    Donald P. Evenson;Lorna K. Jost;Michele Corzett;Rod Balhorn

  • Direct observation of native DNA structures with the scanning tunneling microscope.

    TP Beebe;TE Wilson;DF Ogletree;JE Katz

  • DNA and total protamine masses in individual sperm from fertile mammalian subjects.

    G.S. Bench;A.M. Friz;M.H. Corzett;D.H. Morse

  • A constant radius of curvature model for the organization of DNA in toroidal condensates.

    Nicholas V. Hud;Kenneth H. Downing;Rod Balhorn

  • AFM analysis of DNA-protamine complexes bound to mica

    M. J. Allen;E. M. Bradbury;R. Balhorn

  • Well-defined genome architecture in the human sperm nucleus

    A. O. Zalensky;M. J. Allen;M. J. Allen;A. Kobayashi;I. A. Zalenskaya

  • Protamine 1: Protamine 2 stoichiometry in the sperm of eutherian mammals*

    Michele Corzett;Joe Mazrimas;Rod Balhorn

  • X-ray laser microscopy of rat sperm nuclei.

    L. B. Da Silva;J. E. Trebes;R. Balhorn;S. Mrowka

  • Condensation of DNA by Spermatid Basic Nuclear Proteins

    Laurence Brewer;Michele Corzett;Rod Balhorn

  • Fluorescence in situ hybridization to Y chromosomes in decondensed human sperm nuclei.

    Andrew J. Wyrobek;Thomas Alhborn;Rod Balhorn;Larry Stanker

  • DNA and protein content of mouse sperm. Implications regarding sperm chromatin structure.

    Gilbert C. Pogany;Michele Corzett;Sue Weston;Rod Balhorn

  • Lysine-rich histone phosphorylation. A positive correlation with cell replication.

    Rod Balhorn;Roger Chalkley;Daryl Granner

  • Mapping and measuring DNA to protein ratios in mammalian sperm head by XANES imaging.

    Xiaodong Zhang;Rod Balhorn;Joe Mazrimas;Janos Kirz

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Chalkley
Roger Chalkley Vanderbilt University
Nicholas V. Hud
Nicholas V. Hud Georgia Institute of Technology
Andrew J. Wyrobek
Andrew J. Wyrobek Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
B. J. MacGowan
B. J. MacGowan Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Joe W. Gray
Joe W. Gray Oregon Health & Science University
E. Morton Bradbury
E. Morton Bradbury University of California, Davis
Daryl K. Granner
Daryl K. Granner Vanderbilt University
Aleksandr Noy
Aleksandr Noy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Norman B. Hecht
Norman B. Hecht University of Pennsylvania
Stephen C. Kowalczykowski
Stephen C. Kowalczykowski University of California, Davis

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