Author Profile

Mary Powers

Mary Powers

Mary Powers is a former member of the Strategic Communications, Education and Outreach Department at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Stories by Mary Powers

Legendary flu hunter offers tips to stay healthy during a pandemic
Legendary flu hunter offers tips to stay healthy during a pandemic
Investigator Insights

Legendary flu hunter offers tips to stay healthy during a pandemic

Mary Powers

This researcher's recommendations on coronavirus are based on 65 years of infectious diseases and viral research.

A neuroscientist finds a niche at a cancer research hospital
A neuroscientist finds a niche at a cancer research hospital
Investigator Insights

A neuroscientist finds a niche at St. Jude

Mary Powers

A neuroscientist studying the brain’s fight-or-flight response is learning more about developing brains and this about pediatric brain tumors.

Pushing the limits to find relationship between proteomics and Alzheimer’s
Pushing the limits to find relationship between proteomics and Alzheimer’s
Research

Pushing the limits to find relationship between proteomics and Alzheimer’s

Mary Powers

Read how a 20-year wait for technology shows key insights in brain proteins’ role in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s.

Smithsonian honors St. Jude visionaries for ‘bubble boy’ cure
Smithsonian honors St. Jude visionaries for ‘bubble boy’ cure
Research

Smithsonian honors St. Jude visionaries for ‘bubble boy’ cure

Mary Powers

Read how St. Jude researchers and clinicians used gene therapy to cure the diabolical bubble boy disease.

Research homes in on drug to dampen inflammation fueling life-threatening immune disorder
Research homes in on drug to dampen inflammation fueling life-threatening immune disorder
Research

Research homes in on drug to dampen inflammation fueling life-threatening immune disorder

Mary Powers

Researchers have promising information that ruxolitinib may help treat a devastating auto-immune disorder.

Histiocytic disorders are the focus of annual meeting at St. Jude
Histiocytic disorders are the focus of annual meeting at St. Jude
Outreach

Histiocytic disorders are the focus of annual meeting at St. Jude

Mary Powers

Read how clinical experts and researchers are trying to shed some light on histiocytic disorders, which are both extremely rare and difficult to diagnose.

The beginning of the end for the annual flu shot?
The beginning of the end for the annual flu shot?
Clinical

The beginning of the end for the annual flu shot?

Mary Powers

Researchers researching a flu vaccine that lasts longer and protects the most vulnerable patients.

Rare childhood disorders widen window on Alzheimer’s Disease and other diseases of aging
Rare childhood disorders widen window on Alzheimer’s Disease and other diseases of aging
Research

Rare childhood disorders widen window on diseases of aging

Mary Powers

Read how extremely rare genetic childhood diseases offer clues about understanding neurodegenerative disorders common with aging.

Lando: Star Wars smuggler or possible ally against Alzheimer’s disease?
Lando: Star Wars smuggler or possible ally against Alzheimer’s disease?
Research

Lando: Star Wars smuggler or possible ally against Alzheimer’s disease?

Mary Powers

High science calls on Star Wars character as a potential ally against Alzheimer’s disease.

Life after cancer: Researchers work to understand and ease the cognitive challenges that childhood cancer survivors face
Life after cancer: Researchers work to understand and ease the cognitive challenges that childhood cancer survivors face
Clinical

Life after cancer: Researchers work to understand and ease the cognitive challenges that childhood cancer survivors face

Mary Powers

Childhood cancer treatment is one of the great medical successes of recent decades. But that success comes with a price.