Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP, FRSM, is the Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences at the Warren Alpert Medical School and Director of the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University and Director of the Joint Program in Cancer Biology at Brown University and affiliated hospitals. He is the Editor in Chief at Oncotarget.
Dr. El-Deiry discovered p21(WAF1) as a p53 target gene, cell cycle inhibitor, and tumor suppressor that explained the mammalian cell stress response. Dr. El-Deiry’s research is focused on mechanisms of therapy resistance with major efforts in drug discovery and development.
Wafik El-Deiry shared a few must-reads paper on X:
Bile acid synthesis impedes tumor-specific T cell responses during liver cancer
Authors: Siva Karthik Varanasi et al.
Authors: Shiwen Li et al.
Survival with Trastuzumab Emtansine in Residual HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Authors: Charles E. Geyer, Jr et al.
Authors: Amelia Acha-Sagredo et al.
Probing the physical hallmarks of cancer
Authors: Hadi T. Nia et al.
