Latest news from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on News en-us Copyright 2025 News 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/preventable-pediatric-cancer-mortality-surges-in-areas-of-armed-conflict-exceeding-rates-in-non-conflict-regions/?sc=rsin /articles/preventable-pediatric-cancer-mortality-surges-in-areas-of-armed-conflict-exceeding-rates-in-non-conflict-regions/?sc=rsin Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:45:23 EST A collaborative research effort in global childhood cancer has revealed the significant negative impact of living in regions of armed conflict on pediatric cancer outcomes. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/removing-a-protein-signal-jammer-improves-immunotherapy/?sc=rsin /articles/removing-a-protein-signal-jammer-improves-immunotherapy/?sc=rsin Wed, 19 Mar 2025 19:55:58 EST Find how a mitochondrial protein protects cancer cells from immunotherapy, giving scientists a new target type to improve solid tumor treatment & save lives. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/current-antivirals-likely-less-effective-against-severe-infection-caused-by-bird-flu-virus-in-cows-milk/?sc=rsin /articles/current-antivirals-likely-less-effective-against-severe-infection-caused-by-bird-flu-virus-in-cows-milk/?sc=rsin Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:45:43 EST Existing antivirals may be less effective against this H5N1 bird flu strain, and prevention measures, such as avoiding raw milk consumption and reducing exposure in dairy workers, may be the most effective way to protect against the virus. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/spotiphy-integrative-analysis-tool-turns-spatial-rna-sequencing-into-imager/?sc=rsin /articles/spotiphy-integrative-analysis-tool-turns-spatial-rna-sequencing-into-imager/?sc=rsin Wed, 12 Mar 2025 20:10:55 EST Spatial transcriptomics is a cutting-edge technique that characterizes gene expression within sections of tissue, such as heart, skin or liver tissue. Scientists at St. Jude and the University of Wisconsin-Madison today share a generative algorithm for achieving both high genome and image resolution. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/repurposed-als-drug-becomes-imaging-probe-to-help-diagnose-neurodegeneration/?sc=rsin /articles/repurposed-als-drug-becomes-imaging-probe-to-help-diagnose-neurodegeneration/?sc=rsin Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:05:12 EST Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital used positron emission tomography (PET) with edaravone, a drug used to treat ALS, to detect oxidative stress, which leads to brain damage, offering a clear path to detecting neurological conditions. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/st-jude-scientists-solve-mystery-of-how-the-drug-retinoic-acid-works-to-treat-neuroblastoma/?sc=rsin /articles/st-jude-scientists-solve-mystery-of-how-the-drug-retinoic-acid-works-to-treat-neuroblastoma/?sc=rsin Fri, 28 Feb 2025 19:15:16 EST Why retinoic acid is effective in this setting but not against primary tumors, has been speculated about for nearly 50 years. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists resolved the mystery, showing the drug "hijacks" a normal developmental pathway to trigger cancer cell death. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/promising-results-from-first-prenatal-therapy-for-spinal-muscular-atrophy/?sc=rsin /articles/promising-results-from-first-prenatal-therapy-for-spinal-muscular-atrophy/?sc=rsin Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:15:14 EST Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital report results from a promising new approach to treat the rare neurodegenerative disorder. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/damon-runyon-cancer-research-foundation-and-st-jude-children-s-research-hospital-invest-1-8-million-in-childhood-cancer-research/?sc=rsin /articles/damon-runyon-cancer-research-foundation-and-st-jude-children-s-research-hospital-invest-1-8-million-in-childhood-cancer-research/?sc=rsin Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:00:43 EST Cancer researchers in Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, New York and Memphis were selected as Pediatric Fellows, each of whom will receive funding for four years ($300,000 total) to support an innovative research project related to the diagnosis or treatment of one or more pediatric cancers. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/lindsay-schwarz-of-st-jude-children-s-research-hospital-receives-presidential-science-award/?sc=rsin /articles/lindsay-schwarz-of-st-jude-children-s-research-hospital-receives-presidential-science-award/?sc=rsin Mon, 03 Feb 2025 21:05:51 EST Dr. Schwarz was nominated for PECASE by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), based in part on her development of a tool for improving the ease and accuracy of studying and manipulating specific subpopulations of cells. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/elizabeth-hillman-joins-st-jude-as-chair-of-imaging-sciences/?sc=rsin /articles/elizabeth-hillman-joins-st-jude-as-chair-of-imaging-sciences/?sc=rsin Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:55:25 EST Her newly formed department will establish a community of technology innovators at St. Jude, whose tools and techniques will accelerate scientific discovery and improve the understanding and diagnosis of catastrophic childhood diseases. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/signaling-circuit-interplay-pushes-newborn-neurons-out-of-the-neuronal-nest/?sc=rsin /articles/signaling-circuit-interplay-pushes-newborn-neurons-out-of-the-neuronal-nest/?sc=rsin Thu, 09 Jan 2025 02:50:38 EST Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have uncovered the intricate circuit cues behind neuronal cell maturation and migration, which is required for proper cognitive function. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/st-jude-scientists-create-scalable-solution-for-analyzing-single-cell-data/?sc=rsin /articles/st-jude-scientists-create-scalable-solution-for-analyzing-single-cell-data/?sc=rsin Wed, 08 Jan 2025 22:35:05 EST St. Jude bioinformaticists created a machine-learning algorithm capable of scaling with these single-cell data repositories to deliver more accurate results. Published in Cell Genomics. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/brain-map-clarifies-neuronal-connectivity-behind-motor-function/?sc=rsin /articles/brain-map-clarifies-neuronal-connectivity-behind-motor-function/?sc=rsin Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:25:33 EST Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital traced connectivity between neurons to identify how the brain communicates with the spinal cord to control motor function. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/universal-barcodes-unlock-fast-paced-small-molecule-synthesis/?sc=rsin /articles/universal-barcodes-unlock-fast-paced-small-molecule-synthesis/?sc=rsin Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:55:07 EST Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital leveraged fundamental features of chemical building blocks to transform chemical reaction analysis from minutes to milliseconds. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/st-jude-names-maria-megdal-as-executive-vice-president-and-chief-administrative-officer/?sc=rsin /articles/st-jude-names-maria-megdal-as-executive-vice-president-and-chief-administrative-officer/?sc=rsin Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:30:44 EST Medgal will oversee departments vital to St. Jude operations. She previously led operations at major cancer centers in Boston and New York. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/research-links-a-genetic-risk-for-schizophrenia-to-a-malformed-skull/?sc=rsin /articles/research-links-a-genetic-risk-for-schizophrenia-to-a-malformed-skull/?sc=rsin Thu, 05 Dec 2024 10:30:47 EST Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital identified skull deformation as a potential culprit for causing symptoms of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/predicting-cardiac-issues-in-cancer-survivors-using-a-serum-protein-panel-test/?sc=rsin /articles/predicting-cardiac-issues-in-cancer-survivors-using-a-serum-protein-panel-test/?sc=rsin Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:05:31 EST Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital identified a panel of 27 proteins that could accurately predict treatment-related cardiomyopathy risk among childhood cancer survivors. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/st-jude-appoints-leading-scientist-to-create-groundbreaking-center-of-excellence-for-structural-cell-biology/?sc=rsin /articles/st-jude-appoints-leading-scientist-to-create-groundbreaking-center-of-excellence-for-structural-cell-biology/?sc=rsin Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:15:39 EST Georgios Skiniotis, PhD, to develop and lead new center focusing on advanced imaging techniques, including cryo-ET. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/glutamine-metabolic-switch-is-key-to-red-blood-cell-development-and-disease/?sc=rsin /articles/glutamine-metabolic-switch-is-key-to-red-blood-cell-development-and-disease/?sc=rsin Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:45:03 EST Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital identified a link between glutamine metabolism and red blood cell maturation, showing how disruption of the process can drive disease. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital /articles/tumor-suppressor-forms-gel-like-assemblies-to-sacrifice-cancer-cells/?sc=rsin /articles/tumor-suppressor-forms-gel-like-assemblies-to-sacrifice-cancer-cells/?sc=rsin Mon, 11 Nov 2024 14:30:35 EST Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have uncovered a previously unrecognized tumor suppression mechanism through the study of condensates and ribosome formation. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital