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• Precision Organoids Accelerate Pediatric Brain Tumor Research by Mimicking Patient Biology in 3D

  Published: Apr 18, 2026

  Section: Health Technology

  Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have engineered patient-derived tumor organoids that replicate the genetic and cellular complexity of rare pediatric brain cance...

• University of Tokyo researchers identify non-lethal "zombie" pathway driving blood stem cell aging and immune decline

  Published: Apr 16, 2026

  Section: Research

  A joint study by researchers in Japan and the US has discovered that a protein traditionally linked to cell death, MLKL, acts as a hidden driver of stem cell aging by damaging mito...

• Robert Webster Elected AAAS Fellow Following Half a Century of Groundbreaking Avian Influenza Research

  Published: Mar 27, 2026

  Section: Health

  St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientist Robert Webster, Ph.D., has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The lifetime honor recogn...

• Collaborative Study Identifies Fetal Brain Development Programs as the Primary Fuel for Pediatric Ependymoma Growth

  Published: Mar 26, 2026

  Section: Medical News

  A multi-institutional research team has discovered a novel mechanism in the journal Nature that explains how aggressive pediatric brain tumors exploit normal developmental processe...

• Young cancer survivors face accelerated biological aging and cognitive decline linked to chemotherapy treatments

  Published: Mar 3, 2026

  Section: Research

  Teenagers and young adults who survive cancer show signs of faster cellular and brain aging compared to healthy peers. Research identifies chemotherapy as a primary driver of this...