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Finding Cures. Saving Children.
Register today to parrticipate as a St. Jude Hero Charity Athlete in the 2009 Chicago Marathon on October 11, 2009. Start training and become a hero to thousands of St. Jude patients.
Parents magazine has named St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as the No. 1 pediatric cancer care hospital in the country.
Scientists at St. Jude have discovered that a certain differentiated cell type is so ready to change its identity that it requires the constant expression of a gene called Prox1 to dissuade it.
St. Jude researchers have isolated mutant strains of yeast that are hypersensitive to an anti-cancer drug, which could aid the design of new drugs against cancer and bacteria that are more potent with fewer side effects.
Scientists at St. Jude have identified distinctive genetic changes that cause relapse in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Marlo Thomas, national outreach director for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, appeared on NBC's Today show November 24 - 28 to share inspiring stories of hope for the holiday season. The special week-long appearance on Today marked the kickoff for the annual St. Jude Thanks and Giving® campaign.
Scientists at St. Jude have gained new insights into regulation of one of the body’s enzyme workhorses called calpains.
Clinicians treating young males who have brain cancer might be able to make therapy safer for the developing bones of these patients.
St. Jude scientists have discovered a mechanism by which intracellular pathogens can shut down one of the body’s key chemical weapons against them: nitric oxide.
A team of scientists at St. Jude have gained new insight into the function of DNA topoisomerase 1 (Top1). This finding may yield a new approach to anti-cancer drugs that can jam the function of this enzyme and kill cancer cells.
For the past few weeks, food has had little appeal for 11-year-old Alaina Coleman. While undergoing her second bone marrow transplant for acute myeloid leukemia, she has spent many days as an inpatient at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Meanwhile, employees in the hospital’s Clinical Nutrition department have been working diligently to ensure that Alaina obtains the nutrition she needs to help her regain her health.
This holiday season, send all your friends and family gifts that give back. The St. Jude 2008 Online Holiday Gift Book offers a great selection of beautiful and unique items that make perfect gifts for all the special people in your life.
The last thing most high school and college students want to do in the summer is more school work. But instead of non-stop texting, lounging by the pool or playing video games, some of the nation’s brightest students spend each summer with some of the world’s hardest working researchers in labs at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Peter Doherty, PhD, of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), a prestigious branch of the National Academy of Sciences.
St. Jude investigators have gained new insight into how the cell’s vast array of proteins would instantly be reduced to a confusion of lethally malfunctioning molecules without a system for proteins to “accessorize” in order to regulate their function. Just as eyeglasses improve vision, a coat provides warmth or an umbrella wards off rain, cells use a set of proteins called ubiquitin-like proteins (UBLs) as accessories that adapt their function as needed in the cell.
Thirteen-year-old Alex Vannier has a list of activities and interests that might tire other teens, but she finds time for them all. She’s adept at wrapping her mind around a variety of concepts, facts and ideas. But late last year when she learned she had a brain tumor, she had trouble making the connection between the word “cancer” and reality.
Target Presents Variety’s Power of Youth has teamed up with eBay Giving Works to create a public online auction to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the exclusive beneficiary of the cause. The auction will run October 7 – 23 will present an incredible assortment of offerings, including once-in-a-lifetime experience packages and signed memorabilia from today’s most celebrated stars.
Through the looking glass, St. Jude researchers peer into a tiny world of proteins, cells and organisms inside the new Cell and Tissue Imaging Center’s Light Microscopy Division. Passing by the new 1,500-square-foot space, St. Jude staff and visitors can gaze through ceiling-high windows at these colorful worlds brought to life on flat-screen computer monitors.
Stopping brain tumor cells from growing sounds like a dream. Turning those cells into normal brain cells sounds like a fantasy. But scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are in the process of turning fantasy into reality.
Want to leave a lasting legacy on the grounds of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital? For a limited time, you will have the opportunity to contribute a Tribute Brick, inscribed with your name or the name of someone you love, to the St. Jude Pathway to Hope.
Since its humble beginnings as a pilot program in 1979 to raise funds for St. Jude, Math-A-Thon® has grown into one of the hospital’s most successful fundraising programs. And its strength is not just in fundraising, but in the opportunity the program gives school children to hone their math skills. It’s this dual benefit that has made Math-A-Thon a popular program with teachers all over the country.
Friday, September 05, 2008 - On September 1-4, 2008, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital evacuated 14 patients from its affiliate clinic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for treatment at St. Jude’s main campus in Memphis, Tennessee. St. Jude has also evacuated seven other patients treated at Louisiana State University and Tulane for treatment and services at St. Jude in Memphis.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Chili’s Grill & Bar® announced the kick-off of their fifth annual Create-A-Pepper to Fight Childhood Cancer campaign. Now through September 30, Chili’s restaurants around the country and, for the first time, in Puerto Rico, are marking National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month by inviting people to get creative and raise funds to help St. Jude find cures and save children with cancer and other catastrophic childhood diseases.
Tuesday, September 02, 2008, 7 p.m. - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is in the process of evacuating pediatric cancer patients and their families in the Baton Rouge area who have been impacted by Hurricane Gustav. Patients and their families requiring continuing treatment will be evacuated to St. Jude’s main campus in Memphis, Tennessee.
Monday, September 01, 2008 5 p.m. - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is working with medical personnel from hospitals affiliated with Tulane University and Louisiana State University and together are evaluating what resources are necessary to assist parents and families impacted by Hurricane Gustav.
As Cindy and Ron Theobald sat in the comfort of the Stanford hospitality tent, pretending to ignore the leaderboard, they cautioned themselves against hope. After all, hope was best reserved for the big stuff, like surviving cancer. And Aaron, their 23-year-old son, had already done that.
Through Target's Take Charge of Education® school fundraising initiative, families and community members have an easy way to benefit the St. Jude school program through purchases at Target and Target.com.
Each time Canadian baseball player Richard “Stubby” Clapp steps into the batter’s box during the Summer Olympics, 12-year-old Nicholas Carter will be cheering him on. It may seem unusual, the young American cheering for the veteran Canadian player. But the support Clapp demonstrated to Nicholas during the boy's battle with a brain tumor transcends national boundaries.
Nausea. Hair loss. Pain. These are just a few of the problems that plague children undergoing cancer treatment. But the issue that kids overwhelmingly cite as the most debilitating of all may surprise you. It’s fatigue—a bone-deep lethargy, a ponderous weariness that pins children to the bed and interferes with their ability to laugh, learn and even heal. It’s more than just a minor inconvenience; it’s a serious problem.
Devan Lore’s first bout with a common wintertime virus gave the toddler a weeklong runny nose and cough. While the illness was an added burden for the child, who was undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the virus soon cleared. At age 6, Devan again caught the respiratory syncytial (pronounced sin-SISH-ul) virus, or RSV. This time the results were terrifying.
The Rally Against Childhood Cancer program engages students in a combined effort to fight childhood cancer while showing their school spirit.
Sometimes a “mere coincidence” can have life-changing consequences. Just ask Patrick and Kristin Trysla. After their son was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor, an unexpected gift helped this couple make a decision that saved their baby’s life.
More than 150 runners from around the country came to the St. Jude campus on July 30 for the 27th annual Memphis to Peoria Run. Despite the heat, event founder Mike McCoy assured the crowd of well wishers that "We’d rather be here than anywhere else in the world today.”
Some of the biggest companies in America will be taking the challenge and supporting the lifesaving work of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital by participating in the fourth annual BG US Challenge. The event will take place in Lake Placid, New York, October 16-19, where teams from each company will compete to see if they have what it takes to win the BG US Challenge.
Some of the most successful cancer-fighting drugs also cause hearing loss in children. In addition to saving lives, St. Jude is actively seeking ways to reduce such side effects. When he was 3 months old, Alex Moore began undergoing treatment for the eye cancer retinoblastoma. As a result of his exposure to a chemotherapy drug, Alex suffered hearing loss. “Learning Alex had suffered hearing loss was almost as surprising to me as his initial diagnosis,” his mother says.
A new combination of two anti-cancer drugs offers promise in treating recurrent and treatment-resistant bone cancer in children.
The lack of a single protein usually thought of as a run-of-the-mill enzyme that helps to recycle molecules in cells causes an incurable and often fatal disease of children. Children with this disease, called sialidosis, suffer from enlarged spleens and often develop vision problems, loss of coordination and seizures, among other symptoms. The patients generally die within the first few years of life.
Chris Dempsey’s grandfather annually donated a portion of the sale of his crops to St. Jude. When his grandfather died, Chris chose his St. Jude necktie as a memento. He didn’t know then that his grandfather’s support of St. Jude would help save the life of his daughter.
Within moments of meeting 13-year-old St. Jude patient Vivian Laws, you’re struck by how determined she is. She wants to remember every bit of her cancer recovery, even the bad stuff, which is why she keeps a scrapbook to nudge her memory.
When Danny Thomas opened St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, he believed that the cafeteria should be the heart of the hospital—a place where the St. Jude community would interact, a place where parents and patients would eat side by side with doctors and researchers.
Marlo and Tony Thomas, children of St. Jude founder, late entertainer Danny Thomas, were in town recently to unveil a new street sign and change of address for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The hospital’s address, 332 N. Lauderdale Street, has changed to 262 Danny Thomas Place.
“I like making people smile, and I do that through food,” 26 year old Tony Oliveira says. “Some people make others happy by singing; others do it with their artwork. Cooking is my way of making people happy.” After surviving cancer four times during his teen and young adult years, Tony has found that his passion for cooking has grown just as intense as his will to live.
At age 2, Julie Hanna began treatment for leukemia at St. Jude. Today, she and her dad, Jack Hanna, travel the world as part of their involvement in the TV series Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild. “Without St. Jude, Julie would not be here. We owe her life to St. Jude, and we will be eternally grateful.” -- Jack Hanna, The Columbus Zoo’s director emeritus, and host of Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild, a nationally syndicated TV series.
On February 10, 2008, PGA Golfer and Eagles for St. Jude ambassador Vijay Singh made his first eagle of the 2008 PGA TOUR dedicating it to St. Jude patient Tyler Whaley, who Singh had met while touring the hospital in November 2007. Though Tyler passed away only a month after meeting with Singh, the golfer's fulfilled vow served as a tribute to the spirit of Tyler and St. Jude patients who fight for their lives.
It’s tee time in Memphis again as the city’s premier golfing event, the Stanford St. Jude Championship, kicks off June 2-8. The tournament, now in its 51st year, returns to TPC Southwind for a week that promises to be entertaining and uplifting for golfers and visitors alike. Most importantly, the event will help support the lifesaving work of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
When Danny Thomas opened St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, he hoped the cafeteria would become the heart of the hospital—a place where the St. Jude community would interact, a place where parents and children would eat side by side with doctors and scientists. Now, Sterling Jewelers Inc., parent company of Kay Jewelers, Jared The Galleria of Jewelry and various regional brands, has reinvigorated Danny’s dream, creating a new cafeteria for the 21st Century St. Jude community.
Some people compare it to a roller coaster ride. Others liken it to an interminable nightmare. But Tony McMorris describes his son’s journey through cancer treatment as an exhausting sprint with life-or-death odds. When doctors discovered softball-sized tumors on the kidneys of 1-year-old Brock McMorris, the race was on.
Daisy Fuentes and some of Latin America’s brightest stars were on hand for the sixth annual FedEx/St. Jude Angels & Stars Gala which took place May 17 in Miami, Florida. Emilio and Gloria Estefan were honored for their commitment to international healthcare, the Miami community and their presence in the music and entertainment industry.
The Hope Gift Book's Summer Collection offers you a special way to celebrate the summer by helping children everywhere in the battle against catastrophic diseases.
What’s the best way to find a cure for a vicious cancer that kills both children and adults? The answer seems obvious: Assemble the world’s top experts on adult and pediatric cancer. Encourage them to focus their intellect, energy and creativity on curing that disease. It sounds simple, doesn’t it? But it has never been done before. Until now.
Join Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White and Hancock Fabrics to help make the dreams of patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital a reality during the 2008 Quilt of Dreams® program. Hancock Fabrics is offering 20 new, one-of-a-kind fabric patterns inspired by artwork and dreams of St. Jude patients.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital recently received the prestigious recognition of being designated as a National Cancer Institute (NCI) Comprehensive Cancer Center. The designation makes St. Jude the first and only cancer center solely focused on pediatric cancer to receive this distinction.
An electron microscope uses a beam of electrons to produce highly detailed images that reveal a specimen’s structure and composition. The new instrument, one of only 200 of its type in the world, is the centerpiece of a recent expansion of cellular imaging at St. Jude.
St. Jude researchers have discovered evidence that a series of genetic mutations work together to initiate most cases of an aggressive and often-fatal form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). These findings provide new avenues to pursue to gain a better understanding of these disease processes and, ultimately, to develop better therapies.
In 1999, when Kathy Moore agreed to coordinate a trail ride in Alamo, Tennessee, for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, she knew it would be a fun event and that it would help children battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases. But a decade later she neither expected to be celebrating her 10th anniversary ride nor did she think she would be raising the kind of funds she has been raising for the hospital.
The dramatic increase that has occurred in the cure rate for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) will be difficult to replicate in older patients without considerable additional research. In order to raise the survival rate of adolescents and adults with ALL, researchers will need a more thorough understanding of the biology of this form of leukemia, including the role that genes play in therapies.
Day of Remembrance is an annual event that brings patient families to St. Jude to pay tribute to patients who have passed away in the last two years. This year’s event was held Friday, April 11, and Saturday, April 12 on the St. Jude campus. Sixty-three families attended the weekend event.
On April 21, more than 20,000 runners will line up for the 112th running of the Boston Marathon. For Bryce Gaudian, it will be a dream come true. For the patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, it will mean more funds to help the hospital continue its research into finding cures and saving children. Gaudian is running in his first Boston Marathon and he is doing so as a St. Jude Hero.
St. Jude investigators disprove a century-old theory, turning established scientific beliefs on their heads. This exciting discovery may someday have applications for such diseases as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
Whenever family and friends are invited to your home, chances are the evening will end with everyone lingering in the kitchen. Perhaps someone has a warm pot of coffee to share, a story or a hearty laugh. Whatever the attraction, the heart of the home beats strongest when everyone joins together. At St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (CBT) department serves a similar role.
A discovery by St. Jude scientists suggests a safer way to treat medulloblastoma, a rare but often fatal childhood brain tumor. The group found that one of the brain’s signaling pathways inhibits the growth of the highly aggressive cancer cells.
The St. Jude Easter Tribute program is a wonderful way to honor someone you care about while also helping to save lives. Just click on the link below to send your special Easter message. You have the option to print and mail your personalized message or send an e-card. By recognizing your loved ones this Easter, you will also give a wonderful gift to thousands of kids . . . life.
Scientists at St. Jude have discovered an important signaling molecule that puts the brakes on a rogue immune response. The discovery could have applications for a host of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease and asthma. The finding could also have exciting ramifications for fighting cancer.
When Danny Thomas founded St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, he kicked off a legacy of family giving that’s been passed down to his children, Marlo, Terre and Tony, and his grandchildren. Now, with the new St. Jude Generations, grandparents and parents can share their own legacy of giving with their children.
Of the more than 1,000 transplants performed at St. Jude, Kara Lee’s will be the fourth to use stem cells from an identical twin, and the first time an identical twin donor is used to treat neuroblastoma. Previous St. Jude transplants involving identical twins were for lymphomas and leukemias.
The first therapeutic monoclonal antibody produced by the Children’s GMP, LLC, has been approved for use in trials by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The antibody was primarily produced to treat neuroblastoma, specifically targeting GD-2, a molecule expressed on the surface of neuroblastoma cells.
"I’m an old tough guy. You’ve got problems? If I can help you, that’s good. But a kid who has problems? I don’t know why it is, but kids just get to me. And if they’re sick, I’ll do anything I can do to help them." -- Tony Sirico, known to millions as Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri on the Emmy award-winning HBO series The Sopranos.
Memphis, Tennessee, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital become the center of the tennis world this week as some of the world’s best and brightest tennis stars compete in the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup benefiting St. Jude. Tommy Haas, Andy Roddick, Venus Williams and Lindsey Davenport head up the list of players competing in this year's tournament, which takes place February 22 – March 2.
For 10-year-old Kristian Hassell, it’s become as commonplace as having a glass of orange juice in the morning. But the liquid she drinks each day with her breakfast is far from ordinary. The liquid is hydroxyurea—a drug therapy used by physicians at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to treat sickle cell disease.
Because of one spirited toddler, scientists are learning more about a rare disorder—lessons that may benefit many other children in the coming years. This tiny boy is helping scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital uncover crucial information about the interplay of two devastating diseases—a rare form of Fanconi anemia and a malignant brain tumor called medulloblastoma.
The annual Promesa y Esperanza radiothon will hit the airwaves On February 7 – 8, asking Hispanic radio listeners to help bring promise and hope to St. Jude patients. Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio broadcaster in the United States, is broadcasting the national radiothon through its local stations in Albuquerque, Dallas, El Paso, Fresno, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, McAllen, Miami, New York, Puerto Rico, San Antonio, San Diego and San Francisco.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital joins UICC (International Union Against Cancer) members representing more than 90 countries in heightening cancer prevention awareness on World Cancer Day, this Monday, February 4. Spearheaded by Geneva-based UICC, the goal of the annual worldwide observance is to draw global attention to pediatric cancer as a medical, social and political crisis.
Randy Owen, lead singer of the GRAMMY® Award-winning group ALABAMA and singer/songwriter Jewel headlined a list of country artists visiting St. Jude during the 19th annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids seminar on January 18 – 20. More than 850 radio representatives joined the artists in touring the hospital and learning how St. Jude is leading the fight against childhood cancer.
St. Jude research doesn’t just benefit the children who walk through the doors of the hospital, but kids everywhere—in the United States and around the world. I’m a direct beneficiary of that research. -- Country music artist Kevin Sharp
Before his diagnosis of desmoplastic small round cell tumor, 12-year-old Stephan Boehme spent most of his time listening to his favorite band, Linkin Park; cheering the Miami Heat NBA team; or goofing off with his siblings and their miniature Schnauzer, Saskia. He still loves those things, but the cancer, chemotherapy and monthly visits to St. Jude have helped him grow into a more sensitive, intuitive person.
Freed from the bonds of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) thanks to St. Jude and a generous bone marrow donor, Reena Shah now channels her energy into providing independence for others.
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., one of the nation’s largest African-American fraternities, is asking churches in communities across the country to join in the mission of St. Jude with the Sunday of Hope campaign.
Cancer survivor and rising country western music artist Darren Warren shares the blessings of having friends in high places. A survivor of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), Darren regards the diagnosis he received when he was 16 as a gift.
