Paul L. Modrich
Also known as Paul Modrich, Paul Lawrence Modrich
American biochemist
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Paul L. Modrich is an American biochemist who studies how cells repair damaged DNA. His work on DNA repair mechanisms is important because understanding these processes helps explain how cells maintain genetic accuracy and has implications for understanding diseases like cancer.
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- Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations
· 1958 · cited 70,590x
- “Mini-mental state”
· 1975 · cited 67,767x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,564x
- Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 44,781x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
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Paul Lawrence Modrich (born June 13, 1946) is an American biochemist, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is known for his research on DNA mismatch repair. Modrich received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015, jointly with Aziz Sancar and Tomas Lindahl.
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1946 birthsAmerican biochemistsAmerican Nobel laureatesAmerican people of Croatian descentAmerican people of German descentAmerican people of Montenegrin descentAmerican people of Scotch-Irish descentDuke University facultyFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesHoward Hughes Medical InvestigatorsLiving peopleMembers of the National Academy of Medicine