St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Receives Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award
July 28, 2014 13:47 ET | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 28, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has been named one of 15 recipients of the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award from...
Unhealthy Habits More than Double Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Childhood Cancer Survivors
July 28, 2014 11:15 ET | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 28, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - A St. Jude Children's Research Hospital study found that 73 percent of adult survivors of childhood cancer more than doubled their risk of...
HIV clinic-based audio project emphasizes the power of patient voices
July 23, 2014 13:59 ET | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 23, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - The voice on the recording was low and calm as the speaker recounted the telephone call that brought the news he was infected with the...
Mechanism Discovered for Attaching an 'On' Switch that Helps Cells Accessorize Proteins
June 19, 2014 13:56 ET | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 19, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered how an important "on" switch is attached to the machinery that cells rely...
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital adding department and faculty to aid mission
June 10, 2014 12:20 ET | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 10, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital officials today announced the appointment of three internationally recognized physician-scientists...
Brain Circuit Problem Likely Sets Stage for the "Voices" That are Symptom of Schizophrenia
June 05, 2014 16:57 ET | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 5, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have identified problems in a connection between brain structures that may predispose...
St. Jude Researcher Honored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology for Work in Childhood Cancer Survivorship
May 30, 2014 13:30 ET | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 30, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has named Leslie L. Robison, Ph.D., of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital the recipient...
Bacterial Adaptation Contributes to Pneumococcal Threat in Sickle Cell Disease Patients
May 22, 2014 18:44 ET | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 22, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Researchers have identified differences in the genetic code of pneumococcal bacteria that may explain why it poses such a risk to children...
Detailed Studies Reveal how key Cancer-Fighting Protein is Held in Check
May 15, 2014 14:13 ET | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 15, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have mapped the structural details of how p53 attaches to its regulatory protein, called...