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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
Kids aren’t little adults when it comes to pediatric MDS
Myelodysplastic syndromes can lead to leukemia in children. Considered an adult disease, researchers have found molecular differences that may offer new treatments for children with pediatric MDS.
Childhood cancer survivors and breast-feeding: Good for baby, good for mom
Learn how breastfeeding helps childhood cancer survivors reduce late effects, the health problems that occur months or years after treatment.
Five ways to take confirmation bias out of your experimental results
The most important part of research is that you must not fool yourself — and you’re the easiest person to fool.
Blood's oxygen transporter revealed as power source for aggressive pediatric cancer
Read how the oncogene MYCN hijacks an oxygen-carrying component of hemoglobin to feed and grow aggressive AML in children.
ASH 2017: Preliminary results show gene therapy gains in SCID
Gene therapy for X-linked SCID resulted in the development of T cell, B cell and natural killer cells without side effects. Read more about the research.
ASH 2017: GATA3 in Ph-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Jun J. Yang, PhD, shares research presented at ASH that highlights the role the GATA3 oncogene plays in a high-risk subset of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
ASH 2017: Learning, networking and recruiting at the annual hematology meeting
The annual American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting offers St. Jude clinicians and researchers the opportunity to learn, network and recruit. Read more.
The St. Jude Equations: A better method of calculating kidney function
Learn about new equations to estimate kidney function in young cancer patients more quickly and accurately.
ASH 2017: Research on TP53 gene variations featured in first ALL session
Jun J. Yang, PhD, offers highlights of the first ALL session at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting, including his work on TP53. Read more.
Math helps biologist calculate variance of blood progenitor cells
Find out how a researcher applied statistical analysis to chart variance and better understand how childhood leukemia develops.