St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Medicine and Science News http://www.stjude.org/ Top stories for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Copyright 2010 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:33:49 CDT Research findings expected to ease treatment of low neutrophil counts in cancer patients http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=8208f576c8847210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=660b3317e9975210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=8208f576c8847210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=660b3317e9975210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience 2010-03-10 A multicenter trial led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators may change neutropenia treatment for all childhood cancer patients. For patients like 10-year-old Sabrina Jo Spence, the new research meant fewer injections to combat the drop in white blood cells following her recent chemotherapy. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Washington University team to unravel genetic basis of childhood cancers http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=393ed4d561756210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=88dc3317e9975210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=393ed4d561756210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=88dc3317e9975210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience 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 http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=800b1a6b96746210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=88dc3317e9975210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=800b1a6b96746210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=88dc3317e9975210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience 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. St. Jude faculty member named American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2009 Fellow http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=65e3aa19fde95210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=65e3aa19fde95210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience 2009-12-18 Charles Sherr, MD, PhD, co-chair of Genetics and Tumor Cell Biology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, has been awarded the distinction of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow. AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society. St. Jude researchers present at American Society of Hematology’s (ASH) Annual Meeting http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=0a1585c5bee65210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=11444cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=0a1585c5bee65210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=11444cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience 2009-12-08 The work of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was highlighted in more than 30 presentations, lectures and educational sessions during the recent 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). Smoking cessation program offers childhood cancer survivors help to quit the habit http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=553a7094e20e4210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=553a7094e20e4210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience 2009-11-16 As health advocates gear up for this year’s Great American Smokeout, childhood cancer survivors who need help with smoking cessation can receive free counseling and nicotine replacement therapy from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Research reveals lipid’s unexpected role in triggering death of brain cells http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ea457094e20e4210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ea457094e20e4210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience 2009-11-12 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists lead effort that reveals new details linking lipid build-up with catastrophic calcium imbalance in brain cells of patients with rare, inherited disorder. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and UF Proton Therapy Institute to begin proton therapy clinical trial http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ff768ca830ac4210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ff768ca830ac4210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience 2009-11-09 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute have formed a collaboration to provide proton therapy for St. Jude patients. The announcement follows the approval of the first clinical study to evaluate the use of proton therapy for rare brain cancers in children younger than 3 years old. Hematologist Arthur Nienhuis named 2009 ASH Mentor Award recipient http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2fa3e673de0b4210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2fa3e673de0b4210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience 2009-11-02 Arthur Nienhuis, M.D., of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, is the recipient of the 2009 Mentor Award from the American Society of Hematology (ASH). Study targets stroke prevention in children with sickle cell anemia (news release) http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f437d6a85f794210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f437d6a85f794210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience 2009-10-28 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators were recently awarded a $23 million federal grant to launch a national study of the drug hydroxyurea to prevent first strokes in children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia (SCA). St. Jude named top 10 best places to work by <i>The Scientist</i> magazine http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=3b9f71508a594210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=11444cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=3b9f71508a594210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=11444cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience 2009-10-27 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has been listed among the top 10 “Best Places to Work in Academia” by The Scientist magazine—this year’s seventh place ranking is the fourth straight year the institution has placed in the top 10. New chromosomal abnormality identified in leukemia associated with Down syndrome http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=011d6527dee44210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=011d6527dee44210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience 2009-10-19 Researchers identified a new chromosomal abnormality in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) that appears to work in concert with another mutation to give rise to cancer. This latest anomaly is particularly common in children with Down syndrome. Two St. Jude faculty elected to Institute of Medicine http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=61b60c96f6144210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=61b60c96f6144210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience 2009-10-12 Michael Kastan, MD, PhD, and Mary Relling, PharmD, of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, have been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), a prestigious branch of the National Academy of Sciences. Immune cell entry into the pancreatic islets key to understanding type 1 diabetes origins (news release) http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f0bea9dbedb24210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f0bea9dbedb24210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=eea54cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience 2009-10-08 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators have discovered how destructive immune cells gain access to insulin-producing cells and help cause diabetes. St. Jude marks 25th year of cancer survivors clinic http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=8042d1980a614210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=11444cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=8042d1980a614210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=11444cc6a671e110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&rss=medicalscience 2009-10-05 Adults who survived childhood cancer return to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to celebrate victory over disease and mark the After Completion of Therapy (ACT) Clinic’s 25th anniversary. Medicine & Science News http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=708113c016118010VgnVCM1000000e2015acRCRD&rss=medicalscience http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=708113c016118010VgnVCM1000000e2015acRCRD&rss=medicalscience 2007-05-24 Medicine & Science News