Research News & Publications

New mobile health app will help sickle cell patients stay healthy

09/21/2016

National Institutes of Health funding will help physicians and researchers improve hydroxyurea treatment management for sickle cell patients in Memphis.
St. Jude and Methodist Healthcare sign agreement to advance center for adult sickle cell disease in Memphis

09/19/2016

The newly expanded Methodist Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center will strengthen research into sickle cell disease and serve the growing needs of patients in the Memphis area.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Sanger Institute, UK collaborate to make data beautiful

09/16/2016

Proteinpaint database collaboration will make it easier for any scientist to explore cancer genome data.
Stem cell propagation fuels cancer risk in different organs

08/25/2016

St. Jude researchers provide experimental evidence to demonstrate how stem cells contribute to cancer risk.
Editing sickle cell disease

08/15/2016

A new gene editing approach eases the effects of sickle cell disease in blood cells isolated from patients.
St. Jude researchers pinpoint key influenza-fighting immune trigger

08/12/2016

Molecular "master assassin" identified that recognizes flu-infected cells and triggers cell death, raises hope for drugs to prevent flu complications.
Rare genetic variations may solve mystery of porphyria severity in some patients

08/10/2016

Variations in a porphyrin transport protein may affect symptom severity in patients with porphyria, a rare disorder of skin, liver and nervous system.
Vaccines fail to protect obese mice from severe influenza infections

08/02/2016

The addition of adjuvants to influenza vaccines offers no protection from severe flu infections in study looking at obesity.
Evidence suggests migratory birds are not a reservoir for highly pathogenic flu viruses

07/25/2016

Influenza surveillance in migratory waterfowl suggests that highly pathogenic avian flu viruses do not persist in wild aquatic birds
Pharmacogenetics experts establish common vocabulary in bid to advance precision medicine

07/21/2016

Experts have developed a list of preferred terms to promote standardize reporting of pharmacogenetic test results in patients’ health records