More than 26,000 runners and walkers recently laced up their shoes for the 2018 St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend, the largest single-day fundraising event for St. Jude.
Over 40,000 spectators cheered on participants in five races, ranging from a full marathon to a 5K. The event involved 4,000 volunteers and 6,500 St. Jude Heroes, who raised $11.2 million for the hospital.
Don’t miss your chance to take part in the next St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend, slated for December 7, 2019. Registration will open in May for St. Jude Heroes who commit to fundraising, and general registration will begin in June.
Sign up for email updates about the 2019 event: stjude.org/marathonupdates.
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A Cancer Chameleon: Mixed-phenotype Acute Leukemia
Features of mixed-phenotype acute leukemia can change, enough to switch the diagnosis from one acute leukemia to the other.
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Sharing Smiles
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Science Alliance: Fighting PKAN Together
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St. Jude and WHO Unite to Save Lives
The greatest predictor of survival for a child with cancer is where that child happens to live. St. Jude and World Health Organization join forces to change that sobering fact.
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Flu Fighters: How the Immune System Protects Infants from Influenza
St. Jude investigators discover how guardian T cells help combat influenza in infants and young children.
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Dance of the T Cells
A new therapy at St. Jude called CAR T-cell therapy holds hope for many children who have cancer that returns or is hard to treat.
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Dawn of a New Era for Aggressive Brain Tumors
Relapsed brain tumors have been difficult to treat, but a new approach at St. Jude offers a ray of hope.
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Cryo-EM: It’s a Small, Small World
Scientists in the new St. Jude Cryo-EM and Tomography Center zoom in on staggeringly small structures to better understand biological systems.
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Touchdown, St. Jude
Football stars from Lausanne Collegiate School turn fundraising champs for the hospital by winning the 2018 Touchdowns Against Cancer national championship.
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Research Highlights - Winter 2019
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