St. Jude Research

Progress Pulse

Short summaries of scientific findings from across the St. Jude research enterprise.

Understanding the impact of loneliness in adolescent childhood cancer survivors

Learn how loneliness impacts adolescent childhood cancer survivors during the transition to survivorship

Cryo-EM reveals mechanism behind transport of a key vascular regulator

Learn how sphingosine-1-phosphate is transported from blood cells to plasma

Mass spectrometry method fixes short-lived protein interactions in place

Learn about PhIX-MS, a new mass spectrometry technique to investigate dynamic protein assemblies.

A newly discovered ATPase regulates magnesium ion levels in the endoplasmic reticulum

Learn how the magnesium ion transporter ERMA maintains free magnesium levels in cells.

Micro-costing analysis reveals pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma treatment costs across resource settings

Learn how pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma treatment costs vary across resource settings.

Memantine may protect neurocognitive function during childhood brain cancer treatment

Learn how the drug memantine performed in a pilot clinical trial.

Regular symptom reporting could improve care for survivors of childhood cancer

Explore how listening to the patterns in survivor’s symptoms may help them get better long-term support.

Ultrasounds may enable earlier predictions and interventions for a transplant complication

Learn how clinicians could use ultrasound to better find and treat sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS).

When parents of children with cancer differ on communication, families want a plan

Find out how patients and families recommend navigating the communication gap for difficult conversations.

Baloxavir shows promise against H5N1 bird flu as other antivirals fall short

A new study examines the effectiveness of current antivirals against H5N1, identifying key insights to guide future treatment strategies.