Research News & Publications

Genetic variations in a fourth gene linked to elevated leukemia risk in Hispanic children

02/14/2019

Progress reported on understanding why Hispanic children are more likely to develop acute lymphoblastic leukemia and to die of the disease.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital honored as recipient of the 2019 Microsoft Health Innovation Awards

02/13/2019

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital announced it has been named a recipient of Microsoft Corp.’s 2019 Health Innovation Awards.
Reducing alert fatigue

02/13/2019

A time-consuming issue for clinicians is assessing drug alerts in EHR systems. Researchers evaluated alerts and found ways to safely reduce alert overrides by 40 percent.
St. Jude researchers discover key genomic 'management' partners in brain development

02/04/2019

The study reports how two unexpected partners, the proteins UTX and 53BP1, link up to regulate a brain development program comprising hundreds of genes.
St. Jude collaboration offers research road map to improve pediatric patient care

01/23/2019

Survey results should help health system leaders and patient safety experts dedicate resources to improve safety and clinical outcomes in pediatric health care.
No substantial benefit from transplantation reported for a high-risk leukemia subtype

01/18/2019

Children with hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia fare better when minimal residual disease is used to guide treatment.
More accurate leukemia diagnosis expected as researchers refine leukemia classification

01/14/2019

Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital means more than 90 percent of the most common cases of childhood cancer can now be classified by subtype, an advance likely to fuel precision medicine.
Research reveals machinery of a deadly childhood brain cancer

12/27/2018

Investigators studied the effects of the H3 K27M mutation, and revealed its impact on mutations that are known drivers of DIPGs.
Newly identified subset of immune cells may be key to fighting chronic inflammation

12/20/2018

Read about the newly identified subset of helper T 17 immune cells that suggest a novel approach for taming chronic inflammation.
Researchers report how molecular partners form dynamic scaffolding for protein machinery

12/05/2018

Scientific discovery by St. Jude group could lead to new pathway for cancer treatment and understanding of ALS.