Clinical

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

Precision medicine has a role in the cures of the future
Precision medicine has a role in the cures of the future

Precision medicine has a role in the cures of the future

Charles Mullighan, MBBS (Hons), MSc, MD

Is precision medicine the next frontier of discovery for cancer cures? This scientist says, for some patients, it may be.

Postural balance is an issue with pediatric leukemia survivors
Postural balance is an issue with pediatric leukemia survivors

Postural balance is an issue with pediatric leukemia survivors

Mitra Varedi

Think balance is simply staying upright? It’s much more complicated than that, especially if you’re a survivor.

Pediatric otolaryngology: Taking care of ears, noses and throats
Pediatric otolaryngology: Taking care of ears, noses and throats

Pediatric otolaryngology: Taking care of ears, noses and throats

Elizabeth Jane Walker

Pediatric cancers cause many problems above the neck. Pediatric otolaryngology seeks to repair cancer’s damage to children’s ears, noses and throats.

For some childhood cancer survivors, new hardships await
For some childhood cancer survivors, new hardships await

For some childhood cancer survivors, new hardships await

I-Chan Huang, PhD

Overcoming childhood cancer is only the beginning of the journey – a whole new set of problems await.

Parenting teens with chronic illness
Parenting teens with chronic illness

Even teens with chronic medical illnesses need to be allowed to be teens

Kendra Parris, PhD

Raising a teen is hard enough without the added stress of a medical condition — here’s nine ways you can help them and foster their development.

Occupational therapy helps restore normal childhood
Occupational therapy helps restore normal childhood

Occupational therapy: how all work and more play restores some “normal” to childhood

Jessica Sparrow, OTD, OTR L, BCP

Making pizza sounds fun, but it’s a practical example of how we help kids regain the skills to do the activities that are important to them.

Central line infections: How ETHEL helped us to bust a myth
Central line infections: How ETHEL helped us to bust a myth

Central line infections: How ETHEL helped us to bust a myth

Josh Wolf, PhD, MBBS

A simple line drawing helped uncover something unexpected about central line infections. Read how it will save lives.

4 Tips on How to Talk to Kids with Life-Threatening Conditions
4 Tips on How to Talk to Kids with Life-Threatening Conditions

4 tips for having difficult conversations with kids who have life-threatening conditions

Niki Jurbergs, PhD

Prepare a child with a life-threatening condition on what to expect — have that difficult talk with them. Read advice from St. Jude clinical psychologist, Niki Jurbergs, PhD, on how to have that difficult conversation.

When pain is the real deal
When pain is the real deal

When pain is the real deal

Kyle Morgan, MD

Read how St. Jude is working toward easing the pain of chronic illness and treatment in its pediatric patients.

Can malaria treatment improve survival rates for leukemia?
Can malaria treatment improve survival rates for leukemia?

St. Jude scientists discover effective combination therapy for treatment of drug-resistant leukemia

Lee Morgan

A drug used to treat malaria was found to hold the key to unlocking the treatment of a rare leukemia.