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Destiny Hinton

Destiny HInton

Destiny Hinton is a communications intern in the Department of Communications & Scientific and Medical Content Outreach at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Stories by Destiny Hinton

Clinical

Central line infections: How ETHEL helped us to bust a myth

Josh Wolf, PhD, MBBS

A simple line drawing helped uncover something unexpected about central line infections. Read how it will save lives.

Research

New studies raise warnings with CRISPR-Cas9, but there's more to the story

Shondra Pruett-Miller, PhD

Recent studies highlight efficacy and safety issues of CRISPR. While the results are important, read why we should wait before drawing conclusions.

Research

All in the family: How 59,000 volunteers and a team of scientists helped uncover six inherited gene mutations for medulloblastoma

Paul Northcott, PhD

There were 110 suspect genes. We found the six that could lead to childhood brain tumors.

Research

New discoveries are simply that and must withstand the test of time

Charles Rock, PhD

You really trust the ‘latest and greatest?’ Over-hyped scientific discoveries that haven’t been thoroughly tested create false hope for cures.

Outreach

Continuing medical education is a vital part of translating research to patient care

Jennifer Alessi

Continuing medical education at St. Jude means our physicians are always in school.

Research

Statistical hypothesis testing: minimize bias and help ensure your results are significant

Charles Rock, PhD

Don’t fall for the trap: Follow these 4 steps to help ensure your experimental results are statistically significant.

Clinical

4 tips for having difficult conversations with kids who have life-threatening conditions

Niki Jurbergs, PhD

Prepare a child with a life-threatening condition on what to expect — have that difficult talk with them. Read advice from St. Jude clinical psychologist, Niki Jurbergs, PhD, on how to have that difficult conversation.

Research

Hydroxyurea: How much is too much? Sickle cell study reveals individualized dosage leads to decreased hospitalizations

Lee Morgan

Federally-funded study of hydroxyurea shows that a long-held medication convention isn’t best for pediatric sickle cell patients.

Clinical

When pain is the real deal

Kyle Morgan, MD

Read how St. Jude is working toward easing the pain of chronic illness and treatment in its pediatric patients.

Clinical

St. Jude scientists discover effective combination therapy for treatment of drug-resistant leukemia

Lee Morgan

A drug used to treat malaria was found to hold the key to unlocking the treatment of a rare leukemia.