Our Distinguished Innovator Awardee Makes Major Discovery for Lupus, Infections and Even Cancer

July 12, 2018 With funding from our most competitive grant Dr. Zhijian “James” Chen, Professor of Molecular Biology at UT Southwestern, discovered a mechanism that stimulates the immune system which could lead to novel treatments for infections, lupus and other autoimmune diseases and cancer. Dr. Chen’s discovery of an enzyme cGAS uncovered an essential process that […] Read More