Jul 30
Kids From Poorer Families Less Likely to Survive Cancer
Children from poor families are less likely to survive cancer, particularly if they are not white, a new study reports. Read more:...
Jul 29
New drug hope for children with primary bone cancer
A new drug that potentially works against all main types of primary bone cancer in children has been described by the scientists who...
Jul 26
Unexpected role of OTX2 drives aggressive medulloblastoma
Researchers revealed an unexpected way in which the protein OTX2 drives the progression of medulloblastoma -- the most common aggressive...
Jul 25
Pharmacotyping provides a precision medicine blueprint for acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment
In a report published in Nature Medicine, St. Jude scientists examined how ALL cells respond to different therapeutics in the context of...
Jul 24
Gain-of-function mutation reveals new target in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia
Pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) accounts for 20% of all pediatric leukemia cases and is associated with poor outcomes, especially...
Jul 23
Proton therapy improves neurocognitive outcomes of childhood craniopharyngioma
In a recent phase 2 clinical trial for children with craniopharyngioma, researchers at St. Jude found that photon therapy and the more...
Jul 22
Assembling a molecular mosaic for pediatric brain tumors
With a focus on translational research that grounds new clinical developments in the latest laboratory science, St. Jude is advancing the...
Jul 18
This kids’ brain cancer is incurable — but immune therapy holds promise
CAR-T therapy, which harnesses a person’s own immune cells, racks up some astonishing success stories against deadly brain tumours in...
Jul 17
Research takes on the long-term health of childhood cancer survivors
New research from the University of Alberta offers the hope of better long-term outcomes for survivors of childhood cancer—and the path...
Jul 16
Stem-like cells found to drive growth of aggressive pediatric brain tumors
A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and...