Author Profile

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

Helping childhood cancer survivors thrive

Tim Folse, MD

Discover how St. Jude is helping cancer survivors manage the long-term effects of treatment and set up screening guidelines for those still in treatment.

Outreach

Families affected by childhood cancer and sickle cell disease honored during September

Janice English, RN

St. Jude honors its patients, survivors and their families during the month of September and every day. Watch the video.

Research

Childhood Solid Tumor Network shares samples, promotes cures

Michael Dyer, PhD

The CSTN provides the world’s largest collection of pediatric cancerous tumors for research into novel treatments. Find out more about available resources.

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.