Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, PhD

Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, PhD

Member, Faculty

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, PhD, is a faculty member and vice-chair of the Immunology Department, and a Rose Marie Thomas Endowed Chair at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. View bio.

POSTS By Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, PhD

Innate immunity: the body’s first line of defense against a dangerous fungus

Innate immunity: the body’s first line of defense against a dangerous fungus

Posted by Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, PhD | Feb 21, 2019

Innate immunity is your body’s first line of defense. What happens when it’s weakened? Researchers are using this common fungus to find out how to help.

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NLRP3 balance: St. Jude researchers pinpoint key regulator of innate immune system

NLRP3 balance: St. Jude researchers pinpoint key innate immune system regulator

Posted by Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, PhD | Oct 17, 2018

For 12 years, science didn’t know how certain immune responses were activated. They do now, and it may lead to new cancer treatments.

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Uncovering the body’s immune system response

Discovering new molecular switches to control autoinflammatory disease

Posted by Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, PhD | Aug 4, 2017

Is Ptpn6, a controlling gene, linked with the master immune switch IL-1 alpha? Can this link be mapped to help pinpoint immune system response? Find out more.

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