St. Jude needs healthy, African-American youths for sickle cell studies
Dr. Jane Hankins (right) is the lead investigator in a NIH-funded clinical trial at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital looking at how imbalances in intestinal bacteria may contribute to inflammation in sickle cell disease patients. Here, she is talking with Sheila Anderson, nursing care coordinator in the hospital’s outpatient clinics. (Submitted/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital)
It is looking for young people to be part of control groups in clinical trials looking at the affects of inflammation.
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Dr. Jane HankinsJane Roberts
Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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