Research Highlights - Promise Autumn 2017 - St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

St. Jude offers free resources to accelerate solid-tumor research

Read about the Childhood Solid Tumor Network, created to provide access to patient tumor samples and data to fuel research into pediatric solid tumors.
Discovery points to drugs that would ‘short-circuit’ deadly leukemia

St. Jude researchers have found that cells of a deadly acute myeloid leukemia can be killed by blocking production of a molecular “battery.”
St. Jude signs RSV vaccine agreement

Agreement with Serum Institute of India to develop a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, a lower respiratory tract infection in infants and children.
Too old to learn a new language? Maybe not, hints new research

The brain chemical adenosine may one day help adults learn language or music more easily.
Learning the rules of a serious game

Researchers have cracked the code for understanding how T cells recognize antigens that signal particular threats – and put it all in a useful algorithm
HPV vaccinations crucial for childhood cancer survivors

Health provider recommendation most important predictor of HPV vaccination of adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer.