August 2017 - St. Jude Progress Blog - St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

St. Jude Helping Hands volunteers have fun and give parents a break

Posted by Randa Rosenblum | Aug 25, 2017 | Features | 0

St. Jude volunteers enhance the patient experience and provide a respite for patient families.

Shining a mother’s light on the Pediatric Palliative Oncology Symposium: A St. Jude mom’s story

Posted by Tasha Ives | Aug 22, 2017 | Education & Training | 0

Read more about this inaugural symposium and a bereaved parent’s call for hope in end-of-life care.

Cell necroptosis: Can ESCRT-III proteins protect cells from the kill switch?

Posted by Douglas R. Green, PhD | Aug 17, 2017 | Research | 0

Find out how a newly discovered protein can give your body’s doomed cells a second chance at life.

Cracking the epigenetic code of retinoblastoma

Posted by Michael Dyer, PhD | Aug 7, 2017 | Research | 0

Find out how Dr. Michael Dyer begins to unravel the mysteries of epigenetic machinery changes that contribute to retinoblastoma and other retinal diseases.

Discovering new molecular switches to control autoinflammatory disease

Posted by Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, PhD | Aug 4, 2017 | Research | 0

Is Ptpn6, a controlling gene, linked with the master immune switch IL-1 alpha? Can this link be mapped to help pinpoint immune system response? Find out more.