Jaehyuk Choi

@jaehyukchoimd.bsky.social

Physician scientist at UTSW. T cell biologist geneticist dermatologist. Passionate about cancer and autoimmune disease. Co founder moonlight bio.

⁦‪#InterferonPower! Hongbo Chi‬⁩ &co @stjude.bsky.social @stjuderesearch.bsky.social show ⁦‪@nature.com‬⁩ that VDAC2 deficiency facilitates tumor destruction by T cell-driven IFNgamma by causing mitochondrial (mt) damage & mtDNA sensing by cGAS–STING, which drives type I IFNs & tumor death!

VDAC2 loss elicits tumour destruction and inflammation for cancer therapy - Nature

VDAC2 deficiency elicits uncontrolled IFNγ-induced BAK activation and mitochondrial damage for improved cancer therapy.

nature.com

I believe that most of our society values science and scientists. We need to continue to communicate our findings and value to the public and advocate for increased research funding, especially for young investigators->they are the future.