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Hsin-Yao; Yin, Xiangfan; Wood, William H.; Lehrmann, Elin; Becker, Kevin G.; Flaherty, Keith T.; Frederick, Dennie T.; Wargo, Jennifer A.; Cooper, Zachary A.; Tetzlaff, Michael T.; Hudgens, Courtney; Aird, Katherine M.; Zhang, Rugang; Xu, Xiaowei; Liu, Qin; Bartlett, Edmund; Karakousis, Giorgos; Eroglu, Zeynep; Lo, Roger S.; Chan, Matthew; Menzies, Alexander M.; Long, Georgina V.; Johnson, Douglas B.; Sosman, Jeffrey; Schilling, Bastian; Schadendorf, Dirk; Speicher, David W.; Bosenberg, Marcus; Ribas, Antoni; Weeraratna, Ashani T. (April 4, 2016).
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remarked that "Dr. Weeraratna has demonstrated outstanding scientific initiative and is a great ambassador for our
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innovation and growth during these exciting times of research expansion at Wistar." In 2018, Dr. Weeraratna is head of the
Weeraratna Lab at the Wistar Institute. The lab researches molecular mechanisms related to melanoma metastasis, especially the
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Weeraratna, Ashani T.; Arnold, Julia T.; George, Dan J.; Demarzo, Angelo; Isaacs, John T. (2000). "Rational basis for Trk inhibition therapy for prostate cancer".
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