Author Profile

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

Artistic rendering of a palliative care specialist interacting with a patient to improve their quality of life
Artistic rendering of a palliative care specialist interacting with a patient to improve their quality of life
Outreach

Global effort improves patients’ quality of life through palliative care

Alex Generous, PhD

St. Jude is collaborating to expand access to palliative care worldwide. 

Charles Mullighan
Charles Mullighan
Clinical

Blinatumomab added to chemotherapy improves survival for adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Alex Generous, PhD

St. Jude scientists contributed to a phase 3 clinical trial showing that blinatumomab added to chemotherapy is effective against leukemia in adults.

Two people in white coats examining a slide.
Two people in white coats examining a slide.
Research

Influenza and gene therapy researchers team up to create more effective flu vaccine

Ashley DuMont, PhD

Graduate students team up to design more effective flu vaccine.

Robby Teis
Robby Teis
Investigator Insights

Researching brain tumors to honor his brother’s legacy with Robby Teis

Robby Teis

Watch the video interview with Robby Teis, a student in the St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences to learn how his brother’s cancer inspired his current research.

St. Jude On

Universal pneumonia vaccination is the result of decades of research

Alex Generous, PhD

Through decades of research Elaine Tuomanen, MD, made crucial contributions to the creation of the first universal vaccine for pneumonia – now in clinical trials.

Outreach

Advancing careers beyond the bench: the St. Jude CAP Fellowship

Emilia Asante, PhD

See how the CAP Fellowship is emerging as a competitive full-time career training experience for St. Jude postdocs.

St. Jude On

Addressing fungal infections will take a medical mycology moonshot

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

See how St. Jude is working to counteract the rise of antifungal resistance

Research

Like kisMET: targeted therapy and radiation synergize in pediatric high-grade glioma

Erin Podolak, MA

Translational research from Suzanne Baker, PhD, and colleagues shows that targeted MET inhibitor capmatinib effectively crosses the blood-brain-barrier, synergizing with radiation to treat pediatric high-grade glioma.

St. Jude On

Innovation and collaboration in drug development helps combat antibiotic resistance

LaToyia P. Downs, PhD

Explore how St. Jude researchers are tackling the silent pandemic of antibiotic resistance and pioneering the development of new drugs to address the growing threat.

Outreach

St. Jude BioHackathon solves complex research problems and advances participants careers

Alex Generous, PhD

See how the St. Jude BioHackathon solves research problems and builds community.