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Laura Jolovic

Radiation Therapist

Laura Jolovic is a radiation therapist in the St. Jude Department of Radiation Oncology

Stories by Laura Jolovic

Does obesity give influenza more time to spread and impair flu vaccines?
Does obesity give influenza more time to spread and impair flu vaccines?
Research

Can obesity give influenza more time to spread and make vaccines less effective?

Stacey Schultz-Cherry, PhD

St. Jude researchers, led by Dr. Stacey Schultz-Cherry, are asking questions about potential association between flu severity and the obesity epidemic.

Gut microbiome predicts infection risk in leukemia patients
Gut microbiome predicts infection risk in leukemia patients
Research

Gut microbiome sequencing opens new possibilities for predicting infection in leukemia patients

St. Jude Communications Department

Researchers identify intestinal microbiota that may predict infection risk during chemotherapy in pediatric ALL patients. Learn about the gut microbiome.

New drug for a rare disorder: How will Gamifant’s approval affect HLH treatment?
New drug for a rare disorder: How will Gamifant’s approval affect HLH treatment?
Research

New drug for a rare disorder: How will Gamifant’s approval affect HLH treatment?

Melissa Hines, MD

HLH, a rare disorder of the immune system, is caused by a buildup of proteins responding to infection. Read about a new treatment that limits that buildup.

Tumor microenvironment goes from homely to hostile when LAP is turned off
Tumor microenvironment goes from homely to hostile when LAP is turned off
Research

Tumor microenvironment switches from homely to hostile when this process is turned off

Douglas R. Green, PhD

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.

New algorithm could help us better understand cancer at its genetic level
New algorithm could help us better understand cancer at its genetic level
Research

New algorithm could help us better understand cancer at its genetic level

Xiang Chen, PhD

This new cancer algorithm shows possible precision options for cancer treatment.

Apoptosis-causing protein is an intracellular lone wolf
Apoptosis-causing protein is an intracellular lone wolf
Research

Cancer-fighting ninja protein may offer clue to create self-harming cancer cells

Tudor Moldoveanu, PhD

This shape-shifting cipher of the cell may hold the key to curing cancer through causing cancer cells to kill themselves.

Influenza virus: Will Mother Nature deal us a deadly hand?
Influenza virus: Will Mother Nature deal us a deadly hand?
Research

Will Mother Nature deal a deadly hand with influenza virus?

Robert Webster, PhD

How close are we to another deadly influenza virus pandemic? Read about how scientists are figuring out how to prevent the next catastrophe.

Community HIV partnership reaches out for education and prevention
Community HIV partnership reaches out for education and prevention
Outreach

St. Jude community partnership highlighted during World AIDS Day

Andrea Stubbs

Read how St. Jude is reaching out to youth for HIV education and prevention, including a clinical trial for an HIV prevention and treatment drug.

Chronic Pain in Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Chronic Pain in Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Clinical

Chronic pain in survivors: How we can better understand an under-studied problem

Nicole Alberts, PhD

A new model explains key factors in chronic pain development, and future pain research designed to answer overlooked questions

LOXO-101 effective against tumors with rare NTRK gene fusion
LOXO-101 effective against tumors with rare NTRK gene fusion
Research

Targeted therapy larotrectinib could make tumors with rare NTRK fusion genes less lethal

Alberto Pappo, MD

Newly approved Vitrakvi (larotrectinib) scored high patient response rates by inhibiting a rare chromosomal abnormality that drives tumor growth.