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Destiny Hinton

Destiny HInton

Destiny Hinton is a communications intern in the Department of Communications & Scientific and Medical Content Outreach at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Stories by Destiny Hinton

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The era of genome-targeted therapeutics

Aseem Ansari

Explore the different ways scientists at St. Jude are leveraging genomics to develop novel therapeutics.

Research

St. Jude Cloud visualizations empower scientist’s work

Alex Generous, PhD

One scientist’s experience making high quality visualization with the St. Jude Cloud.

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Gene editing holds the promise of a sickle cell cure

Alex Generous, PhD

Explore genome editing approaches to cure sickle cell disease.

Outreach

Bridging the Gap: Promoting diversity and inclusion in the next generation of STEMM leaders

Kate Ayers and Jennifer Stripay, PhD

The STEMM Education and Outreach team at St. Jude helps address barriers to careers in science.

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The road to drugging the undruggable

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

Explore research in the Shelat lab to drug the undruggable.

Clinical

SJiMB21: A molecular path to treating infants with medulloblastoma

Jessie Newman and Kathryn J. McCullough, MA

At St. Jude, clinical trial SJiMB21 seeks to provide treatment strategies for infants and young children diagnosed with medulloblastoma that place the patient, not just the tumor, at the center of care.

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Genomic underpinnings of epilepsy hold therapeutic clues

Helen Chen

Scientists are digging into the genomic causes of epilepsy disorders to learn how to treat them.

Outreach

Strategic discussions chart a path forward for St. Jude Global & WHO CureAll efforts

Lance Wiedower

St. Jude Global, WHO and colleagues around the world are working to raise the childhood cancer survival rate.

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Targeted protein degradation to treat cancer

Erin Podolak, MA

St. Jude scientists are degrading proteins to treat cancer.

Research

Targeting DNA damage repair gives radiation therapy a boost

Erin Podolak, MA

Inhibiting DNA damage repair alongside radiation therapy can treat brain tumors.