Features

Read feature articles from St. Jude and ALSAC. To read more topic-specific news releases, see Medicine and Science News or Fundraising and Donor News.

 
04/10/2013
Blame it on the Chemo

Not even cancer can keep this sassy, high-fashion optimist from smiling, singing and encouraging her fellow patients.

 
 
04/10/2013
Coping Plans for Easier Scans

This program helps kids with sickle cell disease avoid anesthesia during MRI scans.

 
 
04/02/2013
Downing nominated for TIME magazine's top honor

James Downing nominated for Time magazine's top honor

 
 
02/04/2013
St. Jude and World Cancer Day

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital joins Switzerland-based Union for International Cancer Control and others across the globe Monday, February 4 to acknowledge World Cancer Day.

 
 
01/11/2013
Beam of Hope

St. Jude builds the world’s only proton therapy center dedicated solely to the treatment of children.

 
 
01/11/2013
What’s Up, Doc?

MJ Holloway is not going to let a brain tumor interfere with his career aspirations.

 
 
01/11/2013
A Tale of Two Vaccines

Two common childhood infections kill hundreds of thousands of children each year. St. Jude is creating vaccines to combat both croup and RSV.

 
 
01/11/2013
Prescribing Gets Personal

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are mining the genetic code to better match patients and medications now and in the future.

 
 
01/11/2013
After the Confetti Falls

St. Jude research doesn’t stop when treatment ends. Studies conducted by our faculty and staff are uncovering new details about the long-term issues facing childhood cancer survivors.