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At St. Jude, even the most casual lunchtime conversations may produce ideas and discoveries about childhood illnesses—and some may have applications for adult disorders such as Parkinson’s disease.
When Sheri Shramek heard about the St. Jude Rally Against Childhood Cancer program, she knew she had to get involved. The advanced art teacher at Clinton High School in Mississippi recognized the potential to involve students in an important cause. But she also had a personal stake in encouraging her school to join the St. Jude Rally program: Thirteen years before, she had lost a daughter to a brain tumor.
A multicenter trial led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators may change neutropenia treatment for all childhood cancer patients. For patients like 10-year-old Sabrina Jo Spence, the new research meant fewer injections to combat the drop in white blood cells following her recent chemotherapy.
If the brain housed an exclusive condominium, the facility would likely be in the market for a new security guard. A recent study led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists found that a cell surface molecule the brain relies on to act like a security guard—turning away bacteria and other threats—is easily duped.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is the charity ranked highest in trust in the United States, according to a public survey conducted by the international research firm Harris Interactive. "This is an affirmation of the value of the lifesaving work St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has been conducting for almost 50 years," said Dr. William E. Evans, CEO and director of St. Jude.
When coming to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, each parent grapples with challenges regarding medications, medical procedures and boo boos that cannot be kissed away. For the parents of children who are battling devastating diseases, so much is out of their control. But thanks to the hospital’s philosophy of family-centered care, parents and their children are given a voice and a sense of control during an arduous time.
Join the NBA, Head Coach George Karl and NBA stars Pau Gasol, Rudy Gay, Danny Granger, Shane Battier, Steve Blake and Kevin Love in celebrating Hoops for St. Jude Week
March 1 - 7, recognizing the Hoops for St. Jude program to benefit the hospital. All week, league players, coaches and basketball fans are raising awareness and funds for St. Jude.
Certified Chinese Master Chef Martin Yan, host of the PBS cooking show Yan Can Cook ponders the children and mission of St. Jude.
St. Jude clinicians announce the best survival rates ever reported for ALL. What could be better than that? Achieving those rates without the use of cranial irradiation.
Peering over eyeglasses that rest on cheeks as pinchable as tufts of cotton candy, Douglas “DJ” Pete Jr. aptly deserves his nickname, “the little professor.” The moniker not only applies to DJ’s appearance but also to his life story, as he has seen and experienced far more than most toddlers.
In a unique ICU devoted solely to pediatric hematology/oncology patients, dedicated employees care for the hospital’s most vulnerable children.
Memphis is hosting some of the world's top tennis players this week as they take to the court in the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup to benefit St. Jude. Tournament play continues through February 21 at the Racquet Club of Memphis.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, today announced an unprecedented effort to identify the genetic changes that give rise to some of the world’s deadliest childhood cancers. The team has joined forces to decode the genomes of more than 600 childhood cancer patients who have contributed tumor samples for this historic effort.
As part the effort to address the dire medical situation in Haiti, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is cooperating with regional, national and international institutions to provide medical support and supplies for the ongoing relief effort.
New research suggests a family of widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs might help protect individuals from serious illness following bacterial infection, including the pneumococcal infections that pose a deadly threat to those with sickle cell disease.
As the entire world mobilizes to provide relief to the victims of the devastating earthquake that has struck the nation of Haiti, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is coordinating with regional and international aid organizations to provide support for Haitian pediatric cancer patients and others with catastrophic diseases within our expertise.
In July of 2007, Michael Miller was perplexed and annoyed when, 10 days after his 16th birthday, he began exhibiting signs of a serious stomach virus. After a couple of days, Kimberly and David Miller took their son to the doctor, who discovered a large lump in Michael’s abdomen. “You need to take your child to the emergency room,” he told the Millers.
Looking back, 5-year-old Katelyn Koziol’s parents, Michelle and David, could not have guessed how much their lives would change in a day’s time. One day, Katelyn was riding in her preschool’s Trike-A-Thon to raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The very next day, she was admitted to St. Jude as a patient.
Different sub-classes of a type of white blood cell involved in autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS) arise independently within the immune system, according to a finding from St. Jude scientists that provides new insight into how autoimmunity is controlled.
The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is recommended to protect against cervical cancer, but St. Jude researchers suspect even high-risk childhood cancer survivors need encouragement to get immunized.
New evidence from St. Jude investigators strengthens the link between a rare, devastating complication of brain tumor surgery and disruption of a pathway that functions like a fiber optic cable connecting important structures in the brain.
The work of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was highlighted in more than 30 presentations, lectures and educational sessions during the recent 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).
Kelli Netson, PhD, described the difference between IQ and adaptive function; across the room, the talk was biochemistry as graduate student Rhonda Perciavalle detailed evidence of a new role for a molecule already shown to block cell death.
Children with anxious personalities are more likely to experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress than childhood cancer survivors, St. Jude researchers report.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists lead effort that reveals new details linking lipid build-up with catastrophic calcium imbalance in brain cells of patients with rare, inherited disorder.
