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Finding Cures. Saving Children.
2007 Home Page stories
Read 2007 Home Page stories. Click on the links to the left to see other stories that have appeared on our home page.
A community-based weight control program designed by investigators now at St. Jude is the first such intervention to succeed for up to two years in reducing the prevalence of overweight children.
St. Jude investigators have discovered a new signaling molecule that prevents immune responses from running out of control and damaging the body.
The study of the role of mitochondria in cell suicide (apoptosis) is a hot area of research worldwide. St. Jude researchers recently contributed to a report that that includes photos and videos to provide an unprecedented, intimate look at how mitochondria change shape during the early phases of apoptosis.
On November 14, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital celebrated the dedication of the Chili's Care Center, a state-of-the-art research and clinical care building made possible by the fundraising efforts of Chili's Grill & Bar and its guests.
When construction began on the Chili's Care Center in 2004, the building was a vision on paper. It took hundreds of people to create that vision and turn it into reality for the patients, researchers, faculty and staff of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. November 2007 welcomes the Chili's Care Center to the St. Jude campus.
The leadership role St. Jude plays in finding causes of and cures for catastrophic diseases of childhood was displayed in the highly prestigious journal Nature Reviews/Cancer, in the form of a progress report on glioblastomas.
Kids undergoing certain kinds of chemotherapy can lose bone density because of a loss of vitamin D. Why does that happen? St. Jude scientists find answers.
Researchers found that certain mutations enable specific cells in the retina to multiply and cause eye cancer, a finding that suggests deliberate genetic manipulations might coax an injured brain to repair itself.
What teenager hasn’t had a backache? But when mild discomfort suddenly becomes paralysis, something is definitely wrong. That’s how Nevada teenager Alexa Walker found out she had Ewing sarcoma, a rare tumor of the bone or soft tissues.
Leading experts in diverse basic and applied areas of immunobiology will discuss their latest findings on innate and adaptive immunity, and their application to immune-mediated therapies at St. Jude's Third Annual Biomedical Research Symposium. Additional registration will be available at the door.
Robert Byrd learned at an early age that like a baseball, life can come at you fast and hard. When a cancer diagnosis threw him a curve as a promising 11-year-old athlete, he swung back.
When James Downing walked into his pathology lab one day, postdoctoral fellow Charles Mullighan was staring at his computer screen, transfixed. "He was literally white," Downing recalls. "You are not going to believe what I just found," Mullighan said.
St. Jude tries to make life as normal as possible for patients who often miss much of the school year. While you might not expect to find a school at a hospital, St. Jude's School Program encourages patients to continue their educations during treatment.
St. Jude scientists have found key features that distinguish influenza viruses found in birds from those that infect humans by using a mathematical technique to identify specific amino acid building blocks.
When Chili's Grill & Bar employee John Griffin learned his daughter had retinoblastoma, his support for St. Jude took on new meaning. This September, when you dine at Chili's, you can show your support as you "Create-A-Pepper to Fight Childhood Cancer."
Infection control is central to everything that goes on in St. Jude. At a normal hospital, infection control is vitally important to keep patients from getting complications. At St. Jude, though, every child is at high risk for getting infections.
A 30-year scientific debate about how specialized cells in the inner ear amplify sound in mammals appears to have been settled more in favor of bouncing cell bodies rather than vibrating, hair-like cilia, according to St. Jude investigators.
As students at California State University, Chico -- or Chico State as it is known -- return to campus this fall, they are not only preparing for a new year of learning, but also to defend their 2006-2007 National Championship.
Timothy Parks was born a fighter. Three years to the day of his original brain tumor diagnosis, two cancerous spots were found on his spine, signaling a relapse. Timothy's response was, "OK, what do we do to beat it again?"
St. Jude investigators have used the lowly yeast to gain insights into how a dividing human cell ensures that an identical set of chromosomes gets passed on to each new daughter cell.
In February 2007, 16-year-old Rhondalyn Aklin was active on her school step team, training to be a certified nursing assistant and looking forward to saving money for a car--a vintage Ford Mustang. Then her doctor told her she had Hodgkin disease.
Soon after Brooklyn was born, she was diagnosed with malignant infantile osteopetrosis, which could have left her blind and deaf, with painful bone deformities. And she might not live to see her first birthday.
More than 1,000 donors, partners, Board members and staff joined together June 22-23 in Memphis, Tennessee, to honor the 50th anniversary of ALSAC, the fundraising organization founded in 1957 for the sole purpose of supporting St. Jude.
"Some people can roll up their sleeves and go to work to help St. Jude, but most of us facilitate the hospital's mission by turning our heartfelt partnership into dollars." Stanford CFO James M. Davis
The cure rate for late-stage neuroblastoma patients is relatively low. St. Jude scientists move one step closer to a cure.
A drug commonly used to treat malaria may one day help millions of adults suffering from a cruel disease.
By training the scientists of tomorrow, St. Jude ensures that more children will be saved, more cures will be discovered. One postdoctoral research fellow explains why he chose St. Jude as the place to learn and collaborate and grow.
When a family learns their child has cancer, the once-bright future quickly dims. You can help restore their dreams, and possibly even fulfill some dreams of your own this summer with the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway.
By helping hospitals in developing countries form research ethics committees, St. Jude opens the door to sharing lifesaving knowledge with the world.
Two-year-old Jada Lindsey is active and healthy. She's able to select her favorite hue from a box of crayons and--in less than three minutes--redecorate the house. This is what St. Jude and her parents have fought for -- the opportunity to be normal.
With the help of St. Jude, Evan Sanders wins the most important race of his life.
More than 200 donors attended the Danny Thomas -- St. Jude Society luncheon recognizing contributors who have included St. Jude in their estate planning.
One nurse shares the antibacterial ups and downs of working in Bone Marrow Transplantation.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has been designated one of six Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a part of the National Institutes of Health.
With special holidays such as Mother's Day quickly approaching, the St. Jude Hope Gift Book has a number of gifts that will bring a smile to faces and warmth to hearts -- especially knowing that each gift benefits St. Jude.
St. Jude researchers prepare to knock out a rare form of leukemia.
You can be a part of history by running in The 30th Anniversary LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon on October 28 as a St. Jude Hero. Sign up today and make a difference in the lives of children fighting cancer and other catastrophic diseases.
Danica McKellar's perspective on St. Jude - Acting is my first and truest love, but I've always had a passion for mathematics--which is why St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's Math-A-Thon® program is such an amazing fit.
At St. Jude, researchers are blazing a trail toward making gene therapy a safer and even more effective treatment for a wide range of diseases.
Thousands of Univision Radio listeners across the country responded to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's annual Hispanic campaign, Promesa y Esperanza, (Promise and Hope) broadcast on 29 stations in 11 cities on Feb. 8 and 9.
Super Bowl XLI wasn’t the only fairytale ending on February 4. Celebrities and stars helped usher in a new chapter in the tale of Cinderella and helped raise money for St. Jude.
St. Jude data collection now occurs in minutes instead of days, thanks to shared resources at Argonne National Laboratory. And in the past couple of months, St. Jude access to the facility has skyrocketed.
"St. Jude is unique because its vision, created by the incomparable Danny Thomas, is more focused than that of any other hospital treating children," says St. Jude parent Tom Dunbar.
William E. Evans, director and CEO of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, answers questions about the institution's strategic plan.
Employees in Psychosocial Rounds use their hands and hearts to grieve the loss of patients.
"Oh, thank God." The young mother has been trying to be calm, but finally her voice on the telephone wavers and breaks. She has just learned that the one thing she wants most in life--her little boy's rare disease to stay in remission--has happened.
Country music artists Kellie Pickler, Chris Young, Clay Walker, Pat Green, Mark Wills, Andy Griggs, Sarah Buxton and Randy Owen of the GRAMMY® Award-winning group ALABAMA visited St. Jude January 12 - 13 for the annual Radio Training Seminar.
St. Jude patient and gymnast Morgan Rathke earns a perfect score against medulloblastoma.
St. Jude researchers find that harvesting aggressive stem cells from donated bone marrow could speed rebuilding of the immune system and reduce the risk of infection.
