2017 Archive

Research

New CAR T-Cell therapy for pediatric ALL approved, more to come

Stephen Gottschalk, MD

The FDA has approved Kymriah, the first CAR T-cell therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Find out how St. Jude is planning to use this novel treatment.

Clinical

Becoming the best pediatric cancer hospital for our patients

James R. Downing, MD

Find out what makes St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital the best pediatric cancer hospital in the nation.

Research

Cell necroptosis: Can ESCRT-III proteins protect cells from the kill switch?

Douglas R. Green, PhD

Find out how a newly discovered protein can give your body’s doomed cells a second chance at life.

Research

Cracking the epigenetic code of retinoblastoma

Michael Dyer, PhD

St. Jude scientists, in work published in the journal Neuron, used powerful analytical tools to map what is known as the “epigenetics” of the retina.

Research

Discovering new molecular switches to control autoinflammatory disease

Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, PhD

Is Ptpn6, a controlling gene, linked with the master immune switch IL-1 alpha? Can this link be mapped to help pinpoint immune system response? Find out more.

Clinical

Yoga rehab helps pineoblastoma patient regain strength, coordination

Keith Crabtree, PhD

Find out how Trinity uses yoga and make-believe creatures to regain her strength and coordination after pineoblastoma, a type of childhood cancer.

Outreach

Advice for new graduates from a pediatric oncologist

Ching-Hon Pui, MD

Ching-Hon Pui, MD, shares how he became a leading pediatric leukemia researcher. He has advice for those pursuing their dreams.

Outreach

Latin American clinicians attend global medicine course

Mike O’Kelly

The St. Jude Global program hosted clinicians from 17 Latin American countries to enhance the quality of pediatric cancer care around the world.

Research

Rigor, reproducibility and resources take center stage

Clay Christian, PhD

NIH seminar elucidates new guidelines for grant-funded research as well as allocation of monies to more labs.

Research

Childhood cancer survivorship gains offers GWAS opportunities for researchers

Greg Armstrong, MD, MSCE

Find out how to access GWAS data from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, to help answer how genetics.