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Douglas R. Green, PhD
Member, Faculty
Douglas Green, PhD, is the chair of the Immunology Department, co-leader of the Cancer Biology Program and Peter C. Doherty Endowed Chair of Immunology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and has recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences. View full bio.
Stories by Douglas R. Green
Tumor microenvironment switches from homely to hostile when this process is turned off
Researchers learn how this housekeeper for cancer cells turns into a cancer house killer. Learn how targeting LAP could promote an anti-tumor response and slow tumor growth.
Apoptosis or necroptosis? The caspase-8 protein decides
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.
Cell necroptosis: Can ESCRT-III proteins protect cells from the kill switch?
Find out how a newly discovered protein can give your body’s doomed cells a second chance at life.