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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

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.

Taking STEPS to improve genome-wide association studies
Taking STEPS to improve genome-wide association studies
Research

What is extreme phenotype sequencing? Taking STEPS to improve genome-wide association studies

Guolian Kang, PhD

Will a new genome sequencing data mining technique reveal the mother lode of secrets for treating cancer and other catastrophic diseases?

St. Jude and WHO collaborate to improve cancer cure rates
St. Jude and WHO collaborate to improve cancer cure rates
Outreach

St. Jude and WHO collaborate to improve cancer cure rate

Lance Wiedower

Learn how St. Jude and World Health Organization are taking on the six most common childhood cancers to improve global survival rates.

What is causing resistance to the new flu drug, Xofluza?
What is causing resistance to the new flu drug, Xofluza?
Research

What is causing resistance to the new flu drug, Xofluza?

Lee Morgan

A recently discovered mutation that occurs when the flu virus is exposed Xofluza could also cause drug resistance.

You can help prevent suicide
You can help prevent suicide
Clinical

You can help prevent suicide

Jennifer Harman, PhD

Suicidal thoughts or actions are not the end – don’t believe these myths associated with suicide.

NLRP3 balance: St. Jude researchers pinpoint key regulator of innate immune system
NLRP3 balance: St. Jude researchers pinpoint key regulator of innate immune system
Research

NLRP3 balance: St. Jude researchers pinpoint key innate immune system regulator

Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, PhD

For 12 years, science didn’t know how certain immune responses were activated. They do now, and it may lead to new cancer treatments.

Whole genome sequencing beneficial in clinical decision-making: G4K Study
Whole genome sequencing beneficial in clinical decision-making: G4K Study
Research

What you’re missing if you’re only sequencing exomes or RNA

Carole Weaver Clements, PhD

New findings from St. Jude study Genomes 4 Kids suggest many actionable mutations are missed without a three-platform genomic sequencing approach that includes WGS.

Precision medicine has a role in the cures of the future
Precision medicine has a role in the cures of the future
Clinical

Precision medicine has a role in the cures of the future

Charles Mullighan, MBBS (Hons), MSc, MD

Is precision medicine the next frontier of discovery for cancer cures? This scientist says, for some patients, it may be.

Your cancer journey is a teacher: it’s your story, not your baggage
Your cancer journey is a teacher: it’s your story, not your baggage
Outreach

Your cancer journey is a teacher: it’s your story, not your baggage

Somer Greene

If you could go back and tell your younger self how to get through the most difficult time, what would you say? Read how a cancer survivor would write it.