Author Profile

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

Nuclear receptor DNA
Nuclear receptor DNA
Research

Electrical engineering sparks discovery in how human nuclear receptors bind to DNA

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

See how nuclear receptors selectively bind to DNA.

Shondra Pruett-Miller, PhD, and Jamaica Siwak at work
Shondra Pruett-Miller, PhD, and Jamaica Siwak at work
Research

Shared Resources Spotlight: Center for Advanced Genome Engineering

Elizabeth Casolo

Research from the Center for Applied Genome Engineering plays a pivotal role in discovery.

Condensates illustration
Condensates illustration
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Condensates: It’s not just a “phase”

Ambuja Navalkar, PhD

Scientists are studying biomolecular condensates to better understand their contributions to disease.

Yurika Matsui, PhD, Jamy Peng, PhD, Beisi Xu, PhD,
Yurika Matsui, PhD, Jamy Peng, PhD, Beisi Xu, PhD,
Research

The life and death of cells in early brain development

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

Explore St. Jude research on neural cell life or death during brain development.

Spatial Omics
Spatial Omics
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Spatial omics takes off

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

Discover the power of understanding the spatial arrangement of cells in tumors.

5 discoveries to explore
5 discoveries to explore
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St. Jude on Hematology: 5 Discoveries to Explore

Senthil Bhoopalan, MBBS, PhD

Catch up on the studies from the St. Jude On Hematology series with 5 Discoveries to Explore.

Shengdar Tsai
Shengdar Tsai
Investigator Insights

Finding a path to discovery with Shengdar Tsai, PhD

Shengdar Tsai, PhD

Learn how Shengdar Q. Tsai, PhD, searches for new paths and discoveries in genome editing.

Thalassemia illustration
Thalassemia illustration
Research

Missed connection no more: Science and serendipity solve a microRNA mystery

Alex Generous, PhD

Find how a St. Jude discovery holds new promise for beta-thalassemia.

Genome Editing illustration
Genome Editing illustration
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Shifting the PARADIGM towards individualized gene editing therapies

Alex Generous, PhD

Learn more about the new PARADIGM in curing genetic bone marrow failure syndromes.

Global progress
Global progress
Outreach

St. Jude works with global community to accelerate childhood cancer care in Nepal

Lance Wiedower

St. Jude and the WHO are improving pediatric cancer care in Nepal. Explore the partner’s recent workshop.