Heidi Ledford

14.5k total citations
514 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Heidi Ledford is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Reproductive Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Heidi Ledford has authored 514 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Molecular Biology, 87 papers in Reproductive Medicine and 85 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Heidi Ledford's work include Science, Research, and Medicine (84 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (72 papers) and Biotechnology and Related Fields (46 papers). Heidi Ledford is often cited by papers focused on Science, Research, and Medicine (84 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (72 papers) and Biotechnology and Related Fields (46 papers). Heidi Ledford collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Belarus. Heidi Ledford's co-authors include Ewen Callaway, Krishna Niyogi, David Cyranoski, Richard Van Noorden, Xinnian Dong, Joseph D. Clarke, Frederick M. Ausubel, Brian Chin, Anjali Nayar and Mohammed Yahia and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Heidi Ledford

455 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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Kyung‐Hee Kim South Korea

Janet Lee United States

Elie Dolgin United States

Jocelyn Kaiser United States

Steven M. Lewis United States

Lu Wang China

Ewen Callaway Denmark

Richard Bonneau United States

Shuo Chen China

David J. Weber United States

Kyung‐Hee Kim South Korea

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heidi Ledford

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heidi Ledford

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Ledford, Heidi, et al.. (2026). NIH ends support for most human fetal-tissue research – dismaying some scientists. Nature.

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Ledford, Heidi. (2025). Swapping old immune cells in the brain with fresh ones could treat disease. Nature. 646(8084). 267–268. 1 indexed citations

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Pearson, Helen & Heidi Ledford. (2025). Trump links autism and Tylenol: is there any truth to it?. Nature. 646(8083). 13–14.

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Kozlov, Max, et al.. (2025). ‘Devastating’ cuts to NIH grants by Trump’s team put on hold by US judge. Nature.

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Ledford, Heidi & Alexandra Witze. (2025). US science is under threat ― now scientists are fighting back. Nature. 1 indexed citations

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Ledford, Heidi. (2025). How quickly are you ageing? What molecular ‘clocks’ can tell you about your health. Nature. 638(8052). 874–876. 2 indexed citations

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Ledford, Heidi. (2025). Can a pill replace exercise? Swigging this molecule gives mice benefits of working out. Nature.

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Ledford, Heidi & Max Kozlov. (2025). Long COVID activists fought Trump team’s research cuts and won ― for now. Nature.

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Ledford, Heidi. (2024). Why a teenager’s bird-flu infection is ringing alarm bells for scientists. Nature.

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Ledford, Heidi. (2024). Deadly brain cancer shrinks after CAR-T therapy — but for how long is unclear. Nature.

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Ledford, Heidi. (2024). Can foreign coral save a dying reef? Radical idea sparks debate. Nature. 1 indexed citations

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Ledford, Heidi. (2024). This kids’ brain cancer is incurable — but immune therapy holds promise. Nature. 631(8022). 715–716. 1 indexed citations

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Ledford, Heidi. (2024). How to make an old immune system young again. Nature. 1 indexed citations

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Ledford, Heidi. (2024). The immune system can sabotage gene therapies — can scientists rein it in?. Nature. 630(8015). 13–14. 1 indexed citations

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Ledford, Heidi. (2023). A ‘lost world’ of early microbes thrived one billion years ago. Nature.

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Ledford, Heidi. (2023). Could endometriosis be caused by bacteria? Study offers fresh clues. Nature. 618(7966). 656–656. 2 indexed citations

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Ledford, Heidi. (2023). Why CRISPR babies are still too risky — embryo studies highlight challenges. Nature. 615(7953). 568–569. 2 indexed citations

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Ledford, Heidi. (2015). Epigenetics: The genome unwrapped: Epigeneticists are harnessing genome-editing technologies to tackle a central question hanging over the community — does their field matter?. Nature. 528(7581). 12–13. 2 indexed citations

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Ledford, Heidi. (2013). nature news 科学者が、インサイダー取引に巻き込まれる!?. Nature. 10(4). 10–12. 1 indexed citations

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Ledford, Heidi. (2011). 英語でNATURE(第63回)FDA承認へあと一歩のアルツハイマー病診断用造影剤[含英語文]. Nature. 8(4). 38–40. 1 indexed citations

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