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St. Jude scientists develop new genomics-based approach to understand the origin of cancer subgroups

2010-07-20

Scientists have long recognized that cancers may look the same under the microscope, but carry different mutations, respond differently to treatment and result in vastly different outcomes for patients.

St. Jude named among best places to work in academia

2010-06-29

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is ranked as one of the top institutions in the annual “Best Places to Work in Academia” list by The Scientist magazine. This is the fifth consecutive year St. Jude made the publication’s top 10 list of institutions in the United States. The hospital ranks second in the country behind Princeton University.

Noted St. Jude virologist presents lecture on pandemic influenza to the Royal Society

2010-06-15

Acclaimed virologist Robert Webster, Ph.D., of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, presented the 2010 Leeuwenhoek prize lecture today, a prestigious recognition awarded by the Royal Society in London.

Non-melanoma skin cancer may help identify survivors at increased risk for future cancers

2010-06-07

Childhood cancer survivors diagnosed later with non-melanoma skin cancer may be at increased risk for having a malignant tumor within 15 years, according to research led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators.

Experimental targeted therapy shows early promise against medulloblastomas – a type of childhood brain cancer

2010-06-05

Researchers from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC) presented today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology the findings of a pediatric brain tumor study using an experimental drug that targets the underlying genetic makeup of the tumor.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital named No. 1 children's cancer hospital in U.S.

2010-06-02

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has been named the nation's top children's cancer hospital in the 2010-11 Best Children's Hospital rankings published in U.S. News & World Report. St. Jude received the best overall score summarizing quality of care.

Scientists release data on potential new treatment targets for malaria

2010-05-19

An international team led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators today released data detailing the effectiveness of nearly 310,000 chemicals against a malaria parasite that remains one of the world’s leading killers of young children.

Push to understand basis of childhood brain tumors leads to a new treatment target

2010-05-17

The most comprehensive analysis yet of the genetic imbalances at the heart of childhood brain tumors known as high-grade gliomas (HGGs) identified a cancer gene that is unusually active in some tumors and is now the focus of a St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital clinical trial.

Judy Hicks of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital named social worker of the year

2010-05-12

Social worker Judy Hicks of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has been named the 2010 Social Worker of the Year by the Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers (APOSW).

Smarter use of existing treatment helps dramatically boost survival of young AML patients

2010-05-10

More individualized therapy and better supportive care helped push the survival for children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) to 71 percent three years after diagnosis, according to new research led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators and reported in the medical journal The Lancet Oncology.

Study links 1976 “swine flu” shot to stronger immune response to 21st century pandemic flu

2010-04-23

New evidence shows immunization against “swine flu” in 1976 might provide individuals with some protection against the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, according to new research from St. Jude investigators.

Research findings underscore needed action to safeguard lungs of young cancer survivors

2010-04-15

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators have identified childhood cancer survivors who are at increased risk for deteriorating lung health, in part due to the lifesaving bone marrow transplants they underwent years earlier.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital honors the hospital’s physicians on National Doctors’ Day

2010-03-30

As physicians nationwide are acknowledged for their talent, sacrifice and courage on National Doctors’ Day, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital honors its more than 230 staff and consulting physicians who strive to fulfill the hospital’s mission each day.

Advances reported in quest for drugs targeting childhood cancer

2010-03-29

Investigators believe they have identified the founding member of a chemical family they hope will lead to a new class of cancer drugs, the first designed specifically against a childhood tumor, according to research led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists.

Six distinguished pediatric subspecialists appointed to new St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital chairs

2010-03-24

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has partnered with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) to appoint six distinguished physicians to St. Jude chairs in subspecialty areas that have been identified as key to continuing the advancement of treatment and research at St. Jude.

Ching-Hon Pui, MD, receives national recognition with Clinical Excellence Award

2010-03-22

Ching-Hon Pui, MD, of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, is being honored with the Clinical Excellence Award at the fifth annual National Physician of the Year Awards, organized by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.

New research details the machinery of immune protection against inflammatory disease like colitis

2010-03-18

Scientists report a protein made by a gene already associated with a handful of human inflammatory immune diseases plays a pivotal role in protecting the intestinal tract from colitis.

Research findings expected to ease treatment of low neutrophil counts in cancer patients

2010-03-10

A multicenter trial led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators may change neutropenia treatment for all childhood cancer patients.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Washington University team to unravel genetic basis of childhood cancers

2010-01-25

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, today announced an unprecedented effort to identify the genetic changes that give rise to some of the world’s deadliest childhood cancers. The team has joined forces to decode the genomes of more than 600 childhood cancer patients who have contributed tumor samples for this historic effort.

Cholesterol-lowering drug shows promise against serious infections in sickle cell disease

2010-01-19

New research suggests a family of widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs might help protect individuals from serious illness following bacterial infection, including the pneumococcal infections that pose a deadly threat to those with sickle cell disease.

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