Anita B. Roberts, (April 3, 1942 - May 26, 2006) was a molecular biologist who made pioneering observations of a protein, TGF beta, that is critical in healing wounds and bone fractures and that has a dual role in blocking or stimulating cancers. Roberts was the 49th most-cited scientist in the world and the second most-cited female scientist as of 2005. Roberts was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she grew up. Wikipedia
BIOGRAPHY: Dr. Roberts obtained her Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin for study of the metabolism of retinoic acid. Following post-doctoral research at Harvard University Medical School and teaching in the Chemistry Department at Indiana Univ rex.nci.nih.gov/RESEARCH/basic/lc/abr303.htm
Anita B. Roberts, 66, a highly regarded cancer researcher whose work illuminated how cancer progresses and how wounds heal, died of gastric cancer May 26 at her home in Bethesda. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/26/...
Dr. Roberts isolated the protein from bovine kidney tissue and compared her results with T.G.F.-beta taken from human blood platelets and placental tissue. www.nytimes.com/2006/06/02/us/02roberts.html?ex=130690080...
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