2021 Archive

A unique St. Jude initiative is accelerating clinical CAR–T cell research in a lab-to-clinic-to-lab loop.

Find how a new statistical package is getting more out of trial analysis.

Learn how global partnerships are improving diagnosis, treatment and care for children with central nervous system tumors in resource-limited countries.

Meet Martha Wells, DMD, MS, Chief of Dentistry at St. Jude, and learn the importance of dental health in cancer treatment

A new St. Jude study uncovers genetic factors behind pediatric thyroid cancer risk.

See how tools like mitoedit and NETBID reveal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) ties to diseases such as acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Watch how St. Jude visual storytellers use artistry to support scientific discovery

St. Jude clinicians collaborate with fellow palliative care experts to advocate for bringing palliative care to patients with sickle cell disease.

Learn about how an award-winning scientific collaboration is pushing forward novel cancer therapies.

Meet Suzanne Gronemeyer, PhD, and discover how she built a legacy of education and training at St. Jude.

For Jasmine Turner, resilience and tenacity were required to enter a field with very few Black women. There weren’t many women or teachers of color in her scientific courses—no one with similar experiences to help guide her or focus her talents. She turned to her mother for encouragement and inspiration.

This study, to our knowledge, is the first to objectively measure hearing and neurocognitive function in a large cohort of long-term survivors of childhood cancer stratified by treatment exposures.

Andrea Stubbs shares her experiences that shaped her career in community outreach to raise awareness for both HIV and HPV.

Women of St. Jude highlights the influences and events that shaped the career of Pat Keel, who shares lessons she’s learned about teamwork and leadership.

Survival and quality of life for many with sickle cell disease depends upon where they live. Here’s what a doctor wants to do to fix that.

Fathers express grief through keeping busy or focusing on work – different than a mother’s grief. But fathers may not be getting the support they need after the loss of a child.

Nehali Patel, MD, grew up helping those in need. Read how working with HIV-infected children has shaped her medical career.

There’s a global push to increase HPV vaccination rates, and if successful, there are these future benefits everyone can enjoy.

St. Jude highlights Jane Hankins, who offers insights into how the artistic side of medicine shaped her education to become a hematologist.

Genetic changes in the biology of blood cells can lead them down a path to cancer. This researcher is figuring out how that happens.