Johnnie Bass, AuD, PhD

Johnnie Bass, AuD, PhD, is a research audiologist in Rehabilitation Services.

Apoptosis or necroptosis? The caspase-8 protein decides

Apoptosis or necroptosis? The caspase-8 protein decides

Posted by Douglas R. Green, PhD | Oct 20, 2017

Programmed cell death can affect immune response to diseases such as cancer. Learn how caspase-8 chooses cell death and how that decision can be stopped.

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NIH grant-funding seminar highlights rigor, reproducibility and resources

Rigor, reproducibility and resources take center stage

Posted by Clay Christian, PhD | Jun 27, 2017

NIH seminar elucidates new guidelines for grant-funded research as well as allocation of monies to more labs.

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Why does the risk of pediatric leukemia relapse vary by race? - St. Jude Progress Blog

Why does the risk of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia relapse vary by race?

Posted by Mary Powers | Mar 28, 2017

These inherited gene variations may help explain why the risk of relapse for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia varies by race.

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Can ESCRT-III proteins protect cells from necroptosis?

Cell necroptosis: Can ESCRT-III proteins protect cells from the kill switch?

Posted by Douglas R. Green, PhD | Aug 17, 2017

Find out how a newly discovered protein can give your body’s doomed cells a second chance at life.

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Brain studies provide treatment clues in unexpected fields

Brain studies provide treatment clues in unexpected fields

Posted by Stanislav Zakharenko, MD, PhD | Nov 29, 2017

Research shows possible path to restoring critical regions of the brain involved with hearing loss by limiting a neuromodulator in the auditory thalamus.

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Medulloblastoma and microirradiation: Tiny treatments for the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor

Medulloblastoma and microirradiation: Tiny treatments for the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor

Posted by Martine F. Roussel, PhD | Feb 18, 2019

Medulloblastoma may soon be treated by a microirradiator - a machine the size of two refrigerators that beams radiation down to half the width of a credit card.

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Blazing through new territory to fight a devastating neurodegenerative disease

Blazing through new territory to fight a devastating neurodegenerative disease

Posted by St. Jude Communications Department | Jan 17, 2019

Read how researchers have found a path to control coenzyme A and possibly prevent a devastating neurodegenerative disease.

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Genetic sequencing: How do we put out the fires of genetically driven cancers?

Genetic sequencing: How do we put out the fires of genetically driven cancers?

Posted by Jill Bouchard, PhD | Nov 8, 2019

Too much of a good thing? Read how genetic sequencing offers insights into the causes of some cancers, but the avalance of data creates a new set of issues.

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Optimizing leukemia treatment through pharmaceutical science

Optimizing leukemia treatment through pharmaceutical science

Posted by Mary Relling, PharmD | Jun 19, 2019

Effective leukemia treatment is one thing – making sure it’s optimized with minimal implications is another. Read research juggles both to help patients.

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Separating fact from fiction using pharmacogenetics

Separating fact from fiction using pharmacogenetics

Posted by Mary Relling, PharmD | Oct 8, 2019

Improving understanding of drugs and how the body reacts to them - - Read how science is improving understanding of genes and medication.

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