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“Keyhole” Surgery Repairs Spina Bifida In Utero
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Gilda Giron was just 13 weeks pregnant when an ultrasound revealed her baby had myelomeningocele—the most severe form of open spina bifida, a birth defect that affects backbone development and can
Understanding Cancer Survival in Adolescents and Young Adults
November 8, 2021
Researchers have been delving deeper to better understand long-term cancer survival and quality of life for adolescent and young adult patients.
Wildfire Safety for Families
October 12, 2019
Wildfires are not uncommon when you live in California—and that’s a scary thing for some children to grasp. We spoke to two experts at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles—pulmonologist Shirleen Loloyan
New App Makes Patient Imaging Data “Shareable”
May 19, 2015
The massive size of diagnostic imaging files has made remote sharing difficult. Stephan Erberich and Marvin Nelson have created an app that makes it easy while protecting patient privacy.
Is My Child Depressed?
November 5, 2015
It is estimated that five percent of children suffer from depression at any given time. The good news is that depression in children is highly treatable.
New Faculty Spotlight: JinSeok Park, PhD
August 27, 2021
JinSeok Park, PhD Cancer and Blood Disease Institute “When my son was born, he spent a few nights in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). My area of research is the tumor microenvironment and at
Stuttering Related to Brain Circuits that Control Speech Production
November 29, 2016
Differences in Neural Density between Stuttering and Control Participants Blue: reduced neural density in stutterers; Red: increased neural density in stutterers Researchers at Children’s Hospital Los
How One Family Turned a Negative Into a Positive
June 23, 2020
After their son was diagnosed with kidney disease, Elisa and Michael Schenkman channeled their energy into finding a cure. More than a decade and $8 million later, their efforts are paying off.
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