Clinical

Find out how research at St. Jude underlies clinical progress in the care and treatment of cancer, blood disorders, neurological disease and more. 

Having those critical conversations about fertility after cancer
Having those critical conversations about fertility after cancer

Having those critical conversations about fertility after cancer

Maggie Besler, MD

As clinicians learn more about the late effects of pediatric cancer treatments, these important discussions with patients are changing.

On a mission to improve patient care: a course of infection prevention and control
On a mission to improve patient care: a course of infection prevention and control

On a mission to improve patient care: a course of infection prevention and control

Miguela Caniza, MD, MPH

Read about the non-stop efforts to help prevent infection in hospitals around the world: a course of infection prevention and control

Virtual reality: A new way for St. Jude parents to partner in patient family-centered care
Virtual reality: A new way for St. Jude parents to partner in patient family-centered care

Virtual reality: A new way for St. Jude parents to partner in patient family-centered care

Mike O’Kelly

Patient family-centered care: Read how this virtual advisory committee will give clinical staff more feedback from cancer patients and families.

The beginning of the end for the annual flu shot?
The beginning of the end for the annual flu shot?

The beginning of the end for the annual flu shot?

Mary Powers

Researchers researching a flu vaccine that lasts longer and protects the most vulnerable patients.

St. Jude is easing pediatric sickle cell disease patients’ transition to adult care

Echelle Rutschman

Thanks to these efforts, patients with sickle cell disease are transitioning into adulthood and living long, healthy lives.

A new cancer therapy DAWNs
A new cancer therapy DAWNs

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.

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

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.

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

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.

A not-so-bitter pill to swallow
A not-so-bitter pill to swallow

A not-so-bitter pill to swallow

Keith Crabtree, PhD

Pill swallowing should be easy – imagine the stress when the pills are life-saving and you have a physical condition that makes it difficult – what then?

New chemotherapies change the paradigm of cancer treatment
New chemotherapies change the paradigm of cancer treatment

New chemotherapies change the paradigm of cancer treatment

Arijit Basu

New treatments have led to new thinking and new approaches to pediatric cancer – and sometimes, a cure isn’t the goal.