Heather Mefford, MD, PhD

Medulloblastoma may soon be treated by a microirradiator - a machine the size of two refrigerators that beams radiation down to half the width of a credit card.

Danny Thomas’ believed no child should die in the dawn of life – that means no child, anywhere in the world.

It's a rare day you get to see translational research benefit others—I've spoken to cancer patients and seen first-hand how research saves children's lives.

A computational algorithm helps analyze large data sets at the expense of computing power. This small fix to a free program brings big data back to small labs.

In neural development, two essential molecules partner to build the human brain — but when things go awry, it could lead to brain cancer.

To improve the survival rate of global pediatric cancer, we must first find out how to reach many children who aren't a part of a national or regional registry.

Learn the basics of CAR T-cell immunotherapy and how it is being used in the SJCAR19 clinical trial for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

How do physicians manage their patients’ pain in the context of the current opioid crises? Read how this physician helped a patient.

How close are we to a flu pandemic? Read how it could happen and what researchers are doing to prevent it.

Read how researchers have found a path to control coenzyme A and possibly prevent a devastating neurodegenerative disease.