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Newswise: Study Provides Scaffold to Selectively Target Drug Breakdown Process
Released: 10-Apr-2025 8:05 PM EDT
Study Provides Scaffold to Selectively Target Drug Breakdown Process
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Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital explored selectively blocking the CYP3A4 protein responsible for breaking down large swaths of approved drugs, providing a way to improve drug efficacy.

Newswise: Chromatin Remodeling Captured in Comprehensive Structural Study
Released: 4-Apr-2025 6:15 PM EDT
Chromatin Remodeling Captured in Comprehensive Structural Study
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Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital used a series of cryo-EM structures to visualize dynamics pivotal to chromatin remodeling, a process implicated in cancer and developmental disorders.

Newswise: Preventable Pediatric Cancer Mortality Surges in Areas of Armed Conflict, Exceeding Rates in Non-Conflict Regions
Released: 1-Apr-2025 6:45 PM EDT
Preventable Pediatric Cancer Mortality Surges in Areas of Armed Conflict, Exceeding Rates in Non-Conflict Regions
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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.

Newswise: Removing a Protein ‘Signal Jammer’ Improves Immunotherapy
Released: 19-Mar-2025 7:55 PM EDT
Removing a Protein ‘Signal Jammer’ Improves Immunotherapy
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Find how a mitochondrial protein protects cancer cells from immunotherapy, giving scientists a new target type to improve solid tumor treatment & save lives.

Newswise: Current Antivirals Likely Less Effective Against Severe Infection Caused by Bird Flu Virus in Cows’ Milk
Released: 17-Mar-2025 7:45 PM EDT
Current Antivirals Likely Less Effective Against Severe Infection Caused by Bird Flu Virus in Cows’ Milk
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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.

Newswise: Spotiphy Integrative Analysis Tool Turns Spatial RNA Sequencing Into Imager
Released: 12-Mar-2025 8:10 PM EDT
Spotiphy Integrative Analysis Tool Turns Spatial RNA Sequencing Into Imager
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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.

Newswise: Repurposed ALS Drug Becomes Imaging Probe to Help Diagnose Neurodegeneration
Released: 5-Mar-2025 8:05 PM EST
Repurposed ALS Drug Becomes Imaging Probe to Help Diagnose Neurodegeneration
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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.

Newswise: St. Jude Scientists Solve Mystery of How the Drug Retinoic Acid Works to Treat Neuroblastoma
Released: 28-Feb-2025 7:15 PM EST
St. Jude Scientists Solve Mystery of How the Drug Retinoic Acid Works to Treat Neuroblastoma
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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.

Newswise: Promising Results From First Prenatal Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Released: 19-Feb-2025 9:15 PM EST
Promising Results From First Prenatal Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital report results from a promising new approach to treat the rare neurodegenerative disorder.

Newswise: Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Invest $1.8 Million in Childhood Cancer Research
Released: 13-Feb-2025 10:00 AM EST
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Invest $1.8 Million in Childhood Cancer Research
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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.

Newswise: Lindsay Schwarz of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Receives Presidential Science Award
Released: 3-Feb-2025 9:05 PM EST
Lindsay Schwarz of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Receives Presidential Science Award
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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.

Newswise: Elizabeth Hillman Joins St. Jude as Chair of Imaging Sciences
Released: 22-Jan-2025 6:55 PM EST
Elizabeth Hillman Joins St. Jude as Chair of Imaging Sciences
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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.

Newswise: Signaling Circuit Interplay Pushes Newborn Neurons Out of the Neuronal Nest
Released: 9-Jan-2025 2:50 AM EST
Signaling Circuit Interplay Pushes Newborn Neurons Out of the Neuronal Nest
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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.

Newswise: St. Jude Scientists Create Scalable Solution for Analyzing Single-Cell Data
Released: 8-Jan-2025 10:35 PM EST
St. Jude Scientists Create Scalable Solution for Analyzing Single-Cell Data
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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.

Newswise: Brain Map Clarifies Neuronal Connectivity Behind Motor Function
Released: 23-Dec-2024 5:25 PM EST
Brain Map Clarifies Neuronal Connectivity Behind Motor Function
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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.

Newswise: Universal Barcodes Unlock Fast-Paced Small Molecule Synthesis
Released: 11-Dec-2024 11:55 AM EST
Universal Barcodes Unlock Fast-Paced Small Molecule Synthesis
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital leveraged fundamental features of chemical building blocks to transform chemical reaction analysis from minutes to milliseconds.

Newswise: St. Jude Names Maria Megdal as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Released: 10-Dec-2024 10:30 AM EST
St. Jude Names Maria Megdal as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
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Medgal will oversee departments vital to St. Jude operations. She previously led operations at major cancer centers in Boston and New York.

Newswise: Research Links a Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia to a Malformed Skull 
Released: 5-Dec-2024 10:30 AM EST
Research Links a Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia to a Malformed Skull 
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital identified skull deformation as a potential culprit for causing symptoms of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

Newswise: Predicting Cardiac Issues in Cancer Survivors Using a Serum Protein Panel Test
Released: 3-Dec-2024 3:05 PM EST
Predicting Cardiac Issues in Cancer Survivors Using a Serum Protein Panel Test
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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.

Newswise: St. Jude Appoints Leading Scientist to Create Groundbreaking Center of Excellence for Structural Cell Biology
Released: 21-Nov-2024 3:15 PM EST
St. Jude Appoints Leading Scientist to Create Groundbreaking Center of Excellence for Structural Cell Biology
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Georgios Skiniotis, PhD, to develop and lead new center focusing on advanced imaging techniques, including cryo-ET.



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