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Understanding transporter proteins at a single-molecule level
11/13/2019
Research co-led by a St. Jude investigator and researchers from Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute reveals the mechanics of how some transporter proteins function with stunning specificity.
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Jennifer Aniston, Sofia Vergara, Michael Strahan, Luis Fonsi and campaign newcomer Brad Paisley Join Marlo Thomas and Tony Thomas for 2019 St. Jude Thanks and Giving National Campaign
11/05/2019
This holiday season, Jennifer Aniston, Sofia Vergara, Michael Strahan, Luis Fonsi, Brad Paisley and many more celebrities will join St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® National Outreach Director Marlo Thomas in supporting the annual St. Jude Thanks and Giving® campaign.
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Chemotherapy sometimes sets the stage for drug-resistant leukemia at relapse
11/01/2019
An International collaboration has identified therapy-induced, drug-resistance mutations in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who relapse.
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital kicks off annual St. Jude Thanks and Giving holiday campaign
11/01/2019
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital announces the return of its annual holiday season St. Jude Thanks and Giving® campaign, asking shoppers from all over the country to donate through their favorite in-store and online retailers and make their mark on ending childhood cancer.
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Treating the TOTAL patient: clinical trial reduces relapse
10/28/2019
Researchers at St. Jude have announced results of the Total Therapy Study 16 clinical trial, which tested strategies for lowering the rate of relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children from 2007–2017.
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Controlling the immune system’s brakes to treat cancer, autoimmune disorders
10/24/2019
St. Jude researchers have discovered two enzymes that may have a crucial role in treating autoimmune disorders and certain cancers.
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Childhood cancer survivorship data portal in St. Jude Cloud launched at ASHG
10/18/2019
A St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital online portal into pediatric cancer survivorship data debuts at the American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting.
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St. Jude and IAEA partner to tackle childhood cancers in developing countries
10/18/2019
St. Jude and the IAEA partner to raise awareness of childhood cancers, increase professional training, and support research in pediatric radiation oncology.
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Douglas R. Green receives Yale Graduate School’s Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal
10/04/2019
Douglas R. Green, Ph.D., is one of four recipients of the 2019 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal for Alumni Achievement from the Yale Graduate School.
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Meet the newest employees of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Puggle and Huckleberry
09/17/2019
St. Jude launches a Paws at Play hospital dog program to help pediatric patients cope with the challenges of treatment and hospitalization.
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Meet the molecule that helps stressed cells decide between life and death
09/11/2019
How do stressed cells choose between survival or death? Evidence suggests the molecule DDX3X plays a role and offers a possible strategy for controlling chronic inflammation.
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World’s largest and most powerful Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer arrives at St. Jude
09/06/2019
New NMR will allow St. Jude researchers to study proteins, DNA, RNA and other biomolecules to better understand catastrophic diseases.
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Researchers move beyond sequencing and create a 3D genome
09/04/2019
Scientists have used a 3D genome to improve understanding of gene regulation during development and disease. Read the latest.
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Novel beta-thalassemia treatment shows promise in preclinical tests
08/21/2019
A fresh take on the common blood disorder, b-thalassemia leads researchers to a novel therapy using rapamycin that is ready for clinical trial.
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St. Jude names Dr. Aseem Ansari chair of Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics
08/15/2019
Aseem Ansari, Ph.D., will join St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as chair of the Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics.
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Global childhood cancer burden grows when years of life lost considered
07/29/2019
A new study has for the first time looked at the global burden of pediatric cancer through the lens of years of affected and lost life.
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Inherited BRCA2 mutations linked to increased risk of childhood lymphoma
07/25/2019
Research from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has found that prominent cancer risk gene BRCA2 can increase risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in children and adolescents.
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To understand a childhood brain tumor, researchers turn to single-cell analysis
07/24/2019
Research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital digs into the cells of origin for key medulloblastoma subtypes.
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Rare inherited enzyme disorder yields insight into fibrosis
07/17/2019
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists discovered an association between a mutation that causes a lysosomal storage disorder and fibrotic conditions, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
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DNA replication machinery captured at atom-level detail
07/15/2019
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists reveal a crystal structure that illustrates a mechanism that powers and possibly starts DNA replication.
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Pathway discovered that prevents buildup of Alzheimer’s protein
06/27/2019
A new pathway called LANDO may protect against neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease. Learn about how inhibiting this pathway may positively affect treatment.
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Childhood leukemia cannot hide from the immune system
06/26/2019
St. Jude scientists found that despite having few mutations, pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia does not escape immune detection.
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Goldilocks principle helps explain the origins of the most common children’s cancer
06/26/2019
This study provided the first detailed genomic and epigenomic map of the IGH-DUX4 rearrangement and suggested the principle a model for the IGH-DUX4 contribution to B-ALL.
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U.S. News & World Report ranks St. Jude as outstanding Pediatric Cancer Hospital
06/17/2019
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is ranked as the No. 2 pediatric cancer hospital on U.S. News & World Report’s 13th Annual “Best Children’s Hospitals” list.
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St. Jude Cloud to accelerate scientific discoveries through access to real-time clinical genome sequencing data
05/28/2019
The platform is the first to release prospective, comprehensive clinical whole-genome sequencing data directly from the clinic to the cloud.
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Research reveals possible strategy for blocking the spread of pneumococcal disease
05/21/2019
Researchers found about 70 bacterial proteins that played an important role in transmission, and suggest combination vaccines to block and prevent invasive disease.
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ASCO annual meeting highlights St. Jude research and leadership
05/20/2019
The work of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will be on display at the 55th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago
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How is lifelong immune response to flu shaped in infancy? St. Jude leads study to find out
05/20/2019
St. Jude chosen to lead an international effort to define how flu infections early in life shape the immune response to virus.
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Here’s another reason to cover your cough (or sneeze)
05/20/2019
Research shows how flu and respiratory bacteria work together to gain a foothold in the respiratory tract, and the first report of flu sticking to surface of respiratory bacteria.
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St. Jude at ASCO 2019
05/13/2019
St. Jude experts present pediatric oncology and survivorship research at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
