Science & medicine news
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Method for improving seasonal flu vaccines also aids pandemic prediction
Influenza (flu) vaccines and pandemic predictions can be improved; learn how St. Jude scientists found impactful hemagglutinin mutations contributing to both.
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Integrated structural biology provides new clues for cystic fibrosis treatment
Learn about how the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator works and how findings from St. Jude will help therapeutic development.
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Kevin Krull, Ph.D., promoted to chair of the Department of Psychology and Biobehavioral Sciences
The renamed department will investigate the biological mechanisms underlying the effects of catastrophic disease on the brain.
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St. Jude approach prevents drug resistance and toxicity
Explore how St. Jude scientists overcame drug resistance and drug toxicity, using X-ray crystallography to avoid the detoxification pregnane X receptor (PXR).
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Octavio Ramilo, M.D., named chair of the Department of Infectious Diseases at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Internationally renowned expert will focus on growing St. Jude into a global leader in infectious diseases research.
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St. Jude expands patient education resource on childhood cancer
This free online resource of information and education for families facing childhood and adolescent cancer has a truly global reach.