David E. Housman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David E. Housman is an American geneticist. He is the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research in the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is known for his contribution to the discovery of the HTT gene that causes Huntington's disease.
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David E. Housman is an American geneticist. He is the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research in the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is known for his contribution to the discovery of the HTT gene that causes Huntington's disease.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Top Publications
- p53-dependent apoptosis modulates the cytotoxicity of anticancer agents (1993) - 2,955 citations
- Molecular basis of myotonic dystrophy: Expansion of a trinucleotide (CTG) repeat at the 3′ end of a transcript encoding a protein kinase family member (1992) - 2,814 citations
- Hypoxia-mediated selection of cells with diminished apoptotic potential in solid tumours (1996) - 2,325 citations
- WT-1 is required for early kidney development (1993) - 2,024 citations
- Cloning of Human Mineralocorticoid Receptor Complementary DNA: Structural and Functional Kinship with the Glucocorticoid Receptor (1987) - 1,975 citations
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- Full name
- David E. Housman
- ORCID
- 0000-0001-5016-0756
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5102808535
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- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
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