Dr. Ralph Robert Franks DO
Sports Medicine Specialist | Sports Medicine
925 Chestnut St Fifth Floor Philadelphia PA, 19107About
Dr. Ralph Franks is a Sports Medicine Family Practitioner in Philadelphia, PA. As a Sports Medicine Family Practitioner, Dr. Franks is trained to assess, diagnose, prevent, and treat sports injuries in patients of all ages, and refer those patients to further services if needed. Sports Medicine Family Practitioners must complete specialized training in order to help each patient maximize function and improve quality of life.
Education and Training
B.A., University Of Pennsylvania
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM- Adolescent Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Premature expression of the winged helix transcription factor HFH-11B in regenerating mouse liver accelerates hepatocyte entry into S phase.
- Territorial expression of three different trans-genes in early sea urchin embryos detected by a whole-mount fluorescence procedure.
- Competitive titration in living sea urchin embryos of regulatory factors required for expression of the CyIIIa actin gene.
- Negative spatial regulation of the lineage specific CyIIIa actin gene in the sea urchin embryo.
- In vivo competition identifies positive cis-regulatory elements required for lineage-specific gene expression in the sea urchin embryo.
- Spatially deranged though temporally correct expression of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus actin gene fusion in transgenic embryos of a different sea urchin family.
- A regulatory domain that directs lineage-specific expression of a skeletal matrix protein gene in the sea urchin embryo.
- Direct introduction of cloned DNA into the sea urchin zygote nucleus, and fate of injected DNA.
- Correct cell-type-specific expression of a fusion gene injected into sea urchin eggs.
- Histone messenger RNA synthesis and accumulation during early development in the echiuroid worm, Urechis caupo.
- Regulation of histone synthesis during early Urechis caupo (echiura) development.
- Modifications in protein binding to upstream sequences of the sea urchin cytoplasmic actin gene CyIIa in comparison to its linked neighbors, CyI and CyIIb.
Treatments
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Concussion
- Rotator Cuff Syndrome
- Pain
- Patellar Tendonitis
Fellowships
- Fellowship, Primary Care Sports Medicine, University Hospital health System/Richmond Heights Hospital
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