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Mondira Kundu, MD, PhD

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Mondira Kundu, MD, PhD, is a faculty member of the Pathology Department at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. View full bio.

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Enzymes that unlock stress granules, our cells’ biological ‘storm shelters,’ open pathway to treating muscle, brain disorders

Enzymes that unlock stress granules, our cells’ biological ‘storm shelters,’ open pathway to treating muscle, brain disorders

Enzymes that unlock stress granules, our cells’ biological ‘storm shelters,’ open pathway to treating muscle, brain disorders

Mondira Kundu, MD, PhD

Stress granules form from heat shock to the cell then disappear, but when treated with an inhibitor to the protein ULK, the stress granules persist event after removal of the stress.