2015 FedEx St. Jude Classic event to benefit St. Jude
The FedEx St. Jude Classic provides St. Jude patients with a unique opportunity to interact with professional golfers and celebrities, while introducing professional golfers to the hospital’s lifesaving mission of finding cures and saving children battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases. (Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)
Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - May 20, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news

St. Jude scientist named Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator
J. Paul Taylor, M.D., Ph.D., of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, has been recognized as one of the nation’s leading biomedical researchers by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. (J. Paul Taylor, MD, PhD) (Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)
Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - May 19, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news

Chicago event raises more than $725,000 for St. Jude
Chicago-based Red Frog Events committed to raising $25 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. (Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)
Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - May 14, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news

First cancer-promoting oncogenes discovered in rare brain tumor of children and adults
Researchers have identified three genes that play a pivotal role in the brain tumor choroid plexus carcinoma (CPC), a discovery that lays the groundwork for more effective treatment of this rare, often fatal cancer. (Richard J. Gilbertson, MD, PhD) (Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)
Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - May 11, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news

Childhood cancer treatment and age influence obesity risk for childhood cancer survivors
Childhood cancer survivors – especially those whose treatment included brain irradiation or chemotherapy with glucocorticoids – are 14 percent more likely to be obese than their healthy peers. (Carmen Wilson, BSc, PhD and Kirsten K. Ness, PT, PhD) (Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)
Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - May 11, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news

First cancer-promoting oncogenes discovered in rare brain tumor of children and adults
Researchers have identified three genes that play a pivotal role in the brain tumor choroid plexus carcinoma (CPC), a discovery that lays the groundwork for more effective treatment of this rare, often fatal cancer. (Richard J. Gilbertson, MD, PhD) (Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)
Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - May 11, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news