Aug 23, 2024
Researchers enhance natural killer cells to target pediatric brain cancer
In work published in Bioactive Materials , a research team led by Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Qing-Xiang "Amy"...
Aug 16, 2024
UCLA launches groundbreaking clinical trial for vaccine targeting aggressive pediatric brain cancer
In an effort to combat one of the most lethal forms of pediatric brain cancer, researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive...
Aug 13, 2024
Drug developed for pancreatic cancer shows promise against most aggressive form of medulloblastoma
A drug that was developed to treat pancreatic cancer has now been shown to increase symptom-free survival in preclinical medulloblastoma...
Aug 9, 2024
Serotonin-producing neurons regulate malignancy in ependymoma brain tumors
A collaborative study published in Nature reveals the functional relevance of tumor-neuron interactions that regulate the growth of...
Jul 26, 2024
Unexpected role of OTX2 drives aggressive medulloblastoma
Researchers revealed an unexpected way in which the protein OTX2 drives the progression of medulloblastoma -- the most common aggressive...
Jul 23, 2024
Proton therapy improves neurocognitive outcomes of childhood craniopharyngioma
In a recent phase 2 clinical trial for children with craniopharyngioma, researchers at St. Jude found that photon therapy and the more...
Jul 22, 2024
Assembling a molecular mosaic for pediatric brain tumors
With a focus on translational research that grounds new clinical developments in the latest laboratory science, St. Jude is advancing the...
Jul 18, 2024
This kids’ brain cancer is incurable — but immune therapy holds promise
CAR-T therapy, which harnesses a person’s own immune cells, racks up some astonishing success stories against deadly brain tumours in...
Jul 16, 2024
Stem-like cells found to drive growth of aggressive pediatric brain tumors
A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and...
Jul 10, 2024
New research out of Quebec gives hope for rare childhood cancer therapy
A joint university study has found that a pathway to a therapy program against a rare and deadly pediatric brain tumour is now possible....