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Jul 06, 2022, 13:15 ET Researchers create a single-cell framework to potentially enhance CAR T-cell therapy

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have demonstrated that the long-term performance of cancer-killing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T ...

Jun 22, 2022, 11:02 ET Pushing T cells down "memory lane" may improve cancer therapy

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital identified a molecular mechanism that in a preclinical study unlocked the promise of CAR T–cell...

Jun 14, 2022, 14:48 ET U.S. News & World Report ranks St. Jude as outstanding pediatric cancer hospital

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is the No. 2 hospital for pediatric cancer care on U.S. News & World Report's 16th Annual "Best Children's...

May 20, 2022, 11:52 ET ZBP1 links interferon treatment and dangerous inflammatory cell death during COVID-19

Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have shown that the innate immune sensor, ZBP1, and its associated inflammatory cell death...

Mar 04, 2022, 09:00 ET St. Jude creates HPV cancer prevention awareness campaign to emphasize the need for HPV vaccination

The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital HPV Cancer Prevention Program today launched a public awareness campaign to bring more attention to the...

Feb 22, 2022, 14:38 ET Legends for Charity raises record $2 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

The annual Legends for Charity® dinner on February 10 raised an unprecedented $2 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® during Super Bowl ...

Feb 04, 2022, 14:28 ET St. Jude Children's Research Hospital celebrates 60 years of saving children's lives

When St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® founder Danny Thomas opened St. Jude on Feb. 4, 1962, he created an organization as rare today as it was...

Jan 27, 2022, 16:24 ET Genetic ancestry provides important context for understanding global diversity in childhood leukemia

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are studying the impact of genetic ancestry on childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the...

Dec 23, 2021, 10:12 ET SARS-CoV-2 vaccination creates a strong, persistent T-cell response

Scientists have harnessed T cells to better understand the immune response to mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The...

Dec 13, 2021, 07:00 ET World Health Organization and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to dramatically increase global access to childhood cancer medicines

The World Health Organization and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital today announced plans to establish a platform that will dramatically increase ...

Aug 31, 2021, 14:49 ET La COVID-19 en niños con cáncer: enfermedad grave y tratamiento interrumpido

Aug 31, 2021, 14:47 ET La COVID-19 en niños con cáncer: enfermedad grave y tratamiento interrumpido

Aug 26, 2021, 18:30 ET COVID-19 in children with cancer: Severe disease and disrupted treatment

Research from a large international effort shows that 20% of children with cancer who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop severe infections. In...

Aug 26, 2021, 18:30 ET COVID-19 in children with cancer: Severe disease and disrupted treatment

Research from a large international effort shows that 20% of children with cancer who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop severe infections. In...

Aug 18, 2021, 09:00 ET Bringing protein structures in from the cold

About 95% of all crystal structures obtained for various proteins and deposited in public databases are captured using cryogenic technology. This...

Jul 27, 2021, 13:06 ET Comprehensive clinical sequencing opens door to the promise of precision medicine

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have demonstrated that comprehensive genomic sequencing of all pediatric cancer patients is...

Jul 23, 2021, 09:00 ET Research illuminates earliest part of phase separation

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are studying liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS), a biophysical process through which proteins...

Jul 09, 2021, 11:13 ET Genetic factors linked to response to common antiviral medications

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists and collaborators in Sweden and Japan are reporting that the enzyme NUDT15 plays a role in how...

Jul 08, 2021, 17:57 ET Molecules in motion: researchers capture six new structures of the ribosome in action

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have used single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (smFRET) and cryogenic electron...

Apr 27, 2021, 12:06 ET St. Jude Children's Research Hospital announces largest strategic expansion in its history targeting pediatric catastrophic diseases globally

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is launching the largest strategic investment in its nearly 60-year history, committing $11.5 billion during...

Apr 27, 2021, 11:00 ET St. Jude Children's Research Hospital announces largest strategic expansion in its history targeting pediatric catastrophic diseases globally

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is launching the largest strategic investment in its nearly 60-year history, committing $11.5 billion during...

Mar 04, 2021, 19:02 ET St. Jude launches program to boost HPV cancer prevention across the globe

Today, on International HPV Awareness Day, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has announced the launch of the HPV Cancer Prevention Program. With...