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1048
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William F. Benedict 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 William F. Benedict sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 189 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William F. Benedict 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 William F. Benedict sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% 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

  • 1931 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William F. Benedict is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily encompasses the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology.

Their subfields of study include immunology, oncology, molecular biology, biotechnology, and genetics. The main topics addressed in their work are cancer-related molecular pathways, RNA modifications and cancer, cancer research and treatments, immunotherapy and immune responses, virus-based gene therapy research, and immune response and inflammation.

William F. Benedict has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • MTAP deficiency creates an exploitable target for antifolate therapy in 9p21-loss cancers, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Deglycosylation Does Not Affect the Cytotoxic Action of Adenoviral Interferon α-Induced Bystander Proteins, 2022, The FASEB Journal

Their frequent co-authors include Omar Alhalabi, Jianfeng Chen, Yuxue Zhang, Yang Lü, and Qi Wang.

Publications by William F. Benedict appear in venues such as Nature Communications and The FASEB Journal. Their work aligns with interdisciplinary research bridging cancer biology, immunology, and molecular genetics.

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an award dating back to 1931.

Best Publications

  • Pigment epithelium-derived factor: a potent inhibitor of angiogenesis.

    D. W. Dawson;Olga Volpert;P. Gillis;S. E. Crawford

  • Expression and amplification of the N-myc gene in primary retinoblastoma

    W H Lee;W H Lee;A L Murphree;W F Benedict

  • Regional Assignment of Genes for Human Esterase D and Retinoblastoma to Chromosome Band 13q14

    Robert S. Sparkes;Maryellen C. Sparkes;Miriam G. Wilson;Joseph W. Towner

  • Gene for hereditary retinoblastoma assigned to human chromosome 13 by linkage to esterase D

    Unknown

  • Patient with 13 chromosome deletion: evidence that the retinoblastoma gene is a recessive cancer gene

    William F. Benedict;A. Linn Murphree;Ashutosh Banerjee;Celsa A. Spina

  • p53, p21, pRB, and p16 Expression Predict Clinical Outcome in Cystectomy With Bladder Cancer

    Shahrokh F. Shariat;Hideo Tokunaga;Jain Hua Zhou;Ja Hong Kim

  • Mutagenicity of cancer chemotherapeutic agents in the Salmonella/microsome test.

    William F. Benedict;Mary S. Baker;Lynne Haroun;Edmund Choi

  • Morphology, Growth, Chromosomal Pattern, and Fibrinolytic Activity of Two New Human Neuroblastoma Cell Lines

    Robert C. Seeger;Sylvia A. Rayner;Ashu Banerjee;Helen Chung

  • Cooperative Effects of p53 and pRB Alterations in Primary Superficial Bladder Tumors

    Carlos Cordon-Cardo;Zuo Feng Zhang;Guido Dalbagni;Maria Drobnjak

  • Asbestos-associated chromosomal changes in human mesothelial cells

    John F. Lechner;Takayoshi Tokiwa;Moira Laveck;William F. Benedict

  • p53 and RB Expression Predict Progression in T1 Bladder Cancer

    H.B. Grossman;M. Liebert;M. Antelo;C.P.N. Dinney

  • Inactivation of the Retinoblastoma Gene in Human Bladder and Renal Cell Carcinomas

    Jiro Ishikawa;Hong-Ji Xu;Shi-Xue Hu;David W. Yandell

  • Deletions of Chromosome 13q, Mutations in Retinoblastoma 1, and Retinoblastoma Protein State in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Xue Zhang;Hong Ji Xu;Yoshinori Murakami;Richard Sachse

  • Absence of retinoblastoma protein expression in primary non-small cell lung carcinomas.

    Unknown

  • The retinoblastoma gene functions as a growth and tumor suppressor in human bladder carcinoma cells.

    R. Takahashi;T. Hashimoto;Hong-Ji Xu;Shi-Xu Hu

  • Induction of morphological transformation in mouse C3H/10T1/2 clone 8 cells and chromosomal damage in hamster A(T1)C1-3 cells by cancer chemotherapeutic agents.

    William F. Benedict;Ashutosh Banerjee;Anne Gardner;Peter A. Jones

  • A Phase I Clinical Trial of Single-Dose Intrapleural IFN-β Gene Transfer for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma and Metastatic Pleural Effusions: High Rate of Antitumor Immune Responses

    Daniel H. Sterman;Adri Recio;Richard G. Carroll;Colin T. Gillespie

  • Mantle cell lymphoma: correlation of clinical outcome and biologic features with three histologic variants.

    Alejandro Majlis;William C. Pugh;Maria A. Rodriguez;William F. Benedict

  • Susceptibility of Nonpromoter CpG Islands to De Novo Methylation in Normal and Neoplastic Cells

    Carvell Nguyen;Gangning Liang;Tu Dung T. Nguyen;Denice Tsao-Wei

  • Relationship Between Fibrinolysis of Cultured Cells and Malignancy

    Walter E. Laug;Peter A. Jones;William F. Benedict

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin P. Dinney
Colin P. Dinney The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Bogdan Czerniak
Bogdan Czerniak The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Peter A. Jones
Peter A. Jones Van Andel Institute
David J. McConkey
David J. McConkey Johns Hopkins University
H. Barton Grossman
H. Barton Grossman The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Albert B. Deisseroth
Albert B. Deisseroth US Food and Drug Administration
Mark F. Munsell
Mark F. Munsell The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Daniel W. Nebert
Daniel W. Nebert University of Cincinnati
Christopher J. Logothetis
Christopher J. Logothetis The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dennis A. Johnston
Dennis A. Johnston Baylor University

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