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St. Baldrick’s Foundation Supports Innovative Research in Pediatric Cancer at CHLA
August 5, 2016
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#FiercePierce: 2-Year-Old Beats Back Leukemia and Inspires Thousands of Potential Stem Cell Donors
December 18, 2017
On a bright, sunny weekend in March 2017, Aubrey and Tyler Kelly decided to celebrate their new family of five with a camping trip before the end of Tyler’s paternity leave. They piled their three
Unique Next Generation Sequencing-Based Panel Designed for Pediatric Cancer Research
February 18, 2016
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and Thermo Fisher Scientific have agreed to develop a next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based panel designed specifically for pediatric cancer research. The assay
The Fight Against Resistant Leukemia
August 12, 2020
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) affects about 3,000 children each year in the United States. In one tenth of cases, the cancer resists treatment. Yong-Mi Kim, MD, PhD, MPH investigates just how
The Petersen Foundation Endowment Supports Three Signature Programs at CHLA
June 27, 2020
A generous endowment will help fund clinical care and research in the Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, The Vision Center and Inpatient Rehabilitation.
New Phase 1 Clinical Trial to Test Durvalumab in Pediatric Patients
August 19, 2016
In an innovative, first-in-pediatrics study, available only at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), researchers will be enrolling children between 1 and 18 years of age who have certain types of
Rare Insight: A New Approach Optimizes Hepatoblastoma Cancer Treatment
February 14, 2022
A Children’s Hospital Los Angeles study validates a new risk assessment for hepatoblastoma and finds some histological characteristics also predict prognosis.
“The House That Bob Built”
August 28, 2017
A special celebration and research seminar honoring Robert C. Seeger, MD, was held at the Saban Research Institute on August 23, 2017. Seeger, who joined CHLA in 1989 as research director in the
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