{"id":125,"date":"2021-12-01T12:38:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moriolab.chesalon.com\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2021-12-01T12:41:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:41:17","slug":"dr-richard-gunasekera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/moriolabs.com\/index.php\/dr-richard-gunasekera\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Richard Gunasekera"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Richard Gunasekera<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Degrees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ph.D., Baylor University<\/li><li>M.S., Baylor University<\/li><li>M.S., University of Houston-Clear Lake<\/li><li>B.S., Baylor University<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8220;Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Sex-Specific COVID-19 Clinical Outcomes&#8221;, Galbadage, Thushara; Peterson, Brent; Awada, Joseph; Buck, Alison; Ramirez, Danny; Wilson, Jason and Gunasekera, Richard, Frontiers in Medicine, 7:348.doi.org\/10.3389\/fmed.2020.00348, 2020.<\/li><li>&#8220;Does COVID-19 Spread Through Droplets Alone?&#8221; Galbadage, Thushara; Peterson, Brent; Awada, and Gunasekera, Richard, Frontiers in Public Health, 8:163, doi: 10.3389\/fpubh.2020.00163, 2020.<\/li><li>&#8220;Molecular Nanomachines Can Destroy Tissue or Kill Multicellular Eukaryotes&#8221;; Richard S. Gunasekera*, Thushara Galbadage, Ciceron Ayala-Orozco, Dongdong Liu, Victor Garc\u00eda-L\u00f3pez, Brian E. Troutman, Josiah J. Tour, Robert Pal, Sunil Krishnan, Jeffrey D. Cirillo, and James M. Tour*; ACS Applied Materials Interfaces 12, 12, 13657\u201313670, ACS Editors Choice.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acsami.9b22595\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acsami.9b22595<\/a>, 2020.<\/li><li>&#8220;Molecular Nanomachines Disrupt Bacterial Cell Wall, Increasing Sensitivity of Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumonia to Meropenem,&#8221; Galbadage, T*.; Liu, D.; Alemany, L.B.; Pal, R; Tour, J.M.; Gunasekera, R.S.*; and Cirillo, J.D.; ACS Nano, 13(12):14377-14387. doi: 10.1021\/acsnano.9b07836. Epub 2019.<\/li><li>&#8220;Near-Infrared Light Activates Molecular Nanomachines to Drill into and Kill Cells,&#8221; Liu, D.; Garcia-Lopez, V.; Gunasekera, R.S.; Nilewski, L.G.; Alemany, L.B.; Aliyan, A.; Jin, T.; Wang, G.; Tour, J.M.; ACS Nano, 13:6, 6813-6823, 2019.<\/li><li>&#8220;Lutein inhibits growth of human prostate cancer cells and potentiates capsaicin, curcumin, and the traditional chemotherapy agent, camptothecin,&#8221; Gunasekera, R. S.; Somasundaram, S.; Mitchell, M.; Arrambide, D.; Black, H.S.; Current Topics in Phytochemistry, Vol. 12: 1-9, 2014.<\/li><li>&#8220;Phyto-Bioactive Food Pyramid\u00a9 A Healthy Dietary Plan for Preventing Certain Common Cancers,&#8221; Gunasekera, R. S.; Baig, J.; Somasundaram, S.; W.C. International Development Journal, Oct, 2014, Vol 3: Issue 4.<\/li><li>&#8220;Tales from the Grave: Opposing Autopsy Reports from aBody Exhumed,&#8221; Gunasekera, R.S.; Brown, A.B.; Costas, E. H.; Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine (5):297-301; July,19.<\/li><li>&#8220;The Judicial Use of DNA Evidence and Forensic Expert Testimony in the Criminal Justice System,&#8221; Gunasekera, R.S.; Haschke, J.; Costas, E. H; Journal of Forensic Research 2010.<\/li><li>&#8220;In vivo Regulation of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase in the Genetic Mutant hph-1 Mouse Model,&#8221; Gunasekera R.S.; Hyland, K.; Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 98: 264 &#8211; 272, 2009.<\/li><li>&#8220;Disease in the homogeneous population of Tibet in China,&#8221; Gunasekera, R.S.; Cokenour, J.; Sen P.; Heath, D.; Han, M; A Study of Kashin-Beck, European Journal of Human Genetics, 17:2, 247, 20.<\/li><li>&#8220;Bioactive molecules from fruits and vegetables significantly potentiate traditional chemotherapy,&#8221; Gunasekera, R.S.; Arrambide, D.; Somasundaram, S; Acta Horticulturae, 841: 55- 60, 2009.<\/li><li>&#8220;Lycopene and Lutein Inhibit Proliferation in Rat Prostate Carcinoma Cells,&#8221; Gunasekera, R.S.; Sewgobind, K.; Desai, S.; Dunn, L.; Black, H.; McKeehan, W. L.; Patil, B; International Journal of Nutrition and Cancer, 58:2, 171 &#8211; 177, 2007.<\/li><li>&#8220;Differential phosphorylations of constitutive NFkB Ser 468\/536 by limonoids and cell growth of MDA MB 231 human breast cancer cell line,&#8221; S. Somasundaram&#8217; Pearce, K.; Gunasekera, R.S; Jayaprakasha G.K.; Bhimanagouda S.; Acta Horticulturae, 841: 55-57, 2009.<\/li><li>&#8220;Differential Anti-Proliferative Activity of Carotenoids on Prostate Cancer Cells and Studies of PSA Expression in Prostate Biopsies,&#8221; Gunasekera, R.S.; Sewgobind, K.; Desai, S.; Moore, M.; Rowley, B. A.; Ochoa, D.; McKeehan, W. L.; L. Dunn, M.S.; Geitz, L.; Perkinson, J.; Somasundaram, S.; Journal of Nutrition, 134 (12): 3521S, 2005.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Richard Gunasekera Degrees Ph.D., Baylor University M.S., Baylor University M.S., University of Houston-Clear Lake B.S., Baylor University Publications &#8220;Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Sex-Specific COVID-19 Clinical Outcomes&#8221;, Galbadage, Thushara; Peterson, Brent; Awada, Joseph; Buck, Alison; Ramirez, Danny; Wilson, Jason and Gunasekera, Richard, Frontiers in Medicine, 7:348.doi.org\/10.3389\/fmed.2020.00348, 2020. &#8220;Does COVID-19 Spread Through Droplets Alone?&#8221; Galbadage, Thushara; Peterson, Brent; Awada, and Gunasekera, Richard, Frontiers in Public Health, 8:163, doi: 10.3389\/fpubh.2020.00163, 2020. &#8220;Molecular Nanomachines Can Destroy Tissue or Kill Multicellular Eukaryotes&#8221;; Richard S. 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