Y.s. Robert Cheng
Staff Scientist
Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Cheng received his Veterinary Medicine degree from the National Taiwan University and his Ph.D. degree (in Cancer Biology) from the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Cheng is a board registered Veterinary Surgeon in Hong Kong and an Active Member of the American Association for Cancer Research. He has done his postdoctoral researches in the University of Hong Kong and the National Cancer Institute at Frederick before he joined the University of Massachusetts Medical School as a Research Assistant Professor. In 2006, Dr. Cheng left the Medical College of the University of Cincinnati and re-joined the National Cancer Institute as a Staff Scientist.
Research Interest
toxicogenomics, epigenetics, carcinogenesis
Publications
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Basudhar D, Bharadwaj G, Cheng RY, Jain S, Shi S, Heinecke JL, Holland RJ, Ridnour LA, Caceres VM, Spadari-Bratfisch RC, Paolocci N. Synthesis and chemical and biological comparison of nitroxyl-and nitric oxide-releasing diazeniumdiolate-based aspirin derivatives. Journal of medicinal chemistry. 2013 Oct 8;56(20):7804-20.
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Ridnour LA, Cheng RY, Switzer CH, Heinecke JL, Ambs S, Glynn S, Young HA, Trinchieri G, Wink DA. Molecular pathways: toll-like receptors in the tumor microenvironment—poor prognosis or new therapeutic opportunity. Clinical Cancer Research. 2013 Mar 15;19(6):1340-6.
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Cheng R, Shang Y, Limjunyawong N, Dao T, Das S, Rabold R, Sham JS, Mitzner W, Tang WY. Alterations of the lung methylome in allergic airway hyperâ€responsiveness. Environmental and molecular mutagenesis. 2014 Apr 1;55(3):244-55.
