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Collaboration yields possible treatment for rare neurodegenerative disorder
Read how a discovery in bacteria in the 1980s led to a promising new class of compounds for treatment of PKAN, a progressive neurodegenerative disease.
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Reprogramming immune cells to fight tumors from within
Scientists have a new strategy to enhance the anti-cancer immune response and slow tumor growth. The goal is to reprogram macrophages to eliminate tumor cells.
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St. Jude investigators present novel pediatric cancer genome sequencing data at ASHG
Presentations outline data from Genomes for Kids study, proving clinical utility of multi-platform genome sequencing for pediatric precision oncology.
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Researchers find a ‘critical need’ for whole genome sequencing of young cancer patients
Including whole-genome sequencing into clinical genomic testing found cancer-driving mutations other sequencing methods failed to identify.
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St. Jude researchers awarded grant to lead pharmacogenetics implementation efforts
The funding will support CPIC, which provides guidelines to help clinicians understand how genetic test results should be used to optimize drug therapy.
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World Health Organization, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital collaborate against childhood cancer
New global childhood cancer effort aims to cure at least 60 percent of children with six of the most common kinds of cancer worldwide by 2030.
