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Destiny Hinton

Destiny HInton

Destiny Hinton is a communications intern in the Department of Communications & Scientific and Medical Content Outreach at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Stories by Destiny Hinton

Chaperones: probing the structural secrets of the cell’s front-line protein protectors
Chaperones: probing the structural secrets of the cell’s front-line protein protectors
Research

Chaperones: probing the structural secrets of the cell’s front-line protein protectors

Charalampos Kalodimos, PhD

Read how this protein, called a chaperone, does more than simply monitor the intracellular dance of protein folding – it protects them from going awry.

A new cancer therapy DAWNs
A new cancer therapy DAWNs
Clinical

A new cancer therapy DAWNs

Martine F. Roussel, PhD

Read how this pre-clinical research fast-tracked a clinical trial for a diabolical pediatric brain tumor.

The St. Jude Affiliate Clinic at Mercy Children’s Hospital celebrates a decade of life-saving care
The St. Jude Affiliate Clinic at Mercy Children’s Hospital celebrates a decade of life-saving care
Outreach

The St. Jude Affiliate Clinic at Mercy Children’s Hospital celebrates a decade of life-saving care

Francisca Fasipe, MD

Read how the Mercy hospital in Springfield, Missouri, has grown since becoming a St. Jude affiliate clinic.

Rare childhood disorders widen window on Alzheimer’s Disease and other diseases of aging
Rare childhood disorders widen window on Alzheimer’s Disease and other diseases of aging
Research

Rare childhood disorders widen window on diseases of aging

Mary Powers

Read how extremely rare genetic childhood diseases offer clues about understanding neurodegenerative disorders common with aging.

How do you tackle a rare cancer?
How do you tackle a rare cancer?
Clinical

How do you tackle a rare cancer?

Alberto Pappo, MD

The rarest pediatric cancers are poorly understood, and more information can inform progress on disorders that plague children.

Adult pediatric cancer survivor represents St. Jude on Capitol Hill
Adult pediatric cancer survivor represents St. Jude on Capitol Hill
Outreach

Adult pediatric cancer survivor represents St. Jude on Capitol Hill

St. Jude Progress

Medical student and pediatric cancer survivor goes to Washington D.C., to advocate for children’s health.

This proposed solution to a long-standing cellular mystery comes with a visual aid
This proposed solution to a long-standing cellular mystery comes with a visual aid
Clinical

This proposed solution to a long-standing cellular mystery comes with a visual aid

Eric Enemark, PhD

It may look like some sort of strange modern art – but it’s a simple machine describing a very complicated, and mysterious, process.

Research

PeCanPIE offers powerful tools for discovering inherited cancer genes

Jinghui Zhang, PhD

Powerful cancer data portal gets an upgrade to identify the genetic culprit for inherited cancer and possibly other genetic diseases.

Psychology’s 10th Anniversary: Department chair remembers modest beginnings, remarkable growth
Psychology’s 10th Anniversary: Department chair remembers modest beginnings, remarkable growth
Outreach

Psychology’s 10th anniversary: Department chair remembers modest beginnings, remarkable growth

Sean Phipps, PhD

Learn how psychologists use their clinical and research expertise to help children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

The St. Jude School Program’s new principal has learned a thing or two
The St. Jude School Program’s new principal has learned a thing or two
Outreach

The St. Jude School Program’s new principal has learned a thing or two

Barry Wolverton

It’s difficult to do school when you’re fighting cancer, but this new approach to learning may make learning fun again for cancer patients.