Nov 30, 2023
St. Jude scientists identify T-cell differentiation nodes to improve cancer-killing
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital comprehensively mapped the regulatory networks of transcription factors in T cells...
Nov 29, 2023
Analysis shows high rate of ‘significant’ health problems in childhood cancer survivors
A recent review published in Journal of the American Medical Association found that more than 95% of childhood cancer survivors will have...
Nov 17, 2023
Fusion oncoprotein forces cell fates toward rhabdomyosarcoma
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital showed that a fusion oncoprotein can drive molecularly indistinguishable...
Nov 16, 2023
“DNA loops” in pediatric brain tumors double relapse risk
A study of newly created databases of medulloblastoma has found that patients with tumors containing circular extrachromosomal DNA—loops...
Nov 10, 2023
Radiation from a childhood CT scan increases the risk of developing cancer
Experts explain that the danger is low but call for doctors to avoid abusing the technique and to adjust the doses insofar as possible....
Nov 7, 2023
Childhood Leukemia Linked to Pesticides Used in Vineyards
A study published in Environmental Health Perspective finds the risk of acute childhood leukemia (AL), specifically acute lymphoblastic...
Nov 6, 2023
FDA Gives Priority Review to Tovorafenib in Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma
The FDA has granted priority review to a new drug application (NDA) for single-agent tovorafenib (DAY101) as a treatment for those with...
Nov 3, 2023
NIH researchers develop approach that could help supercharge T-cell therapies against solid tumors
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have developed a way to potentially increase the effectiveness of T cell–based...