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Shedding epithelial cells in the intestine. Image courtesy of Mark R. Frey, PhD, The Saban Research Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The lining of the intestine is the most rapidly-renewing

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a debilitating, incurable condition affecting approximately 1.5 million patients in the USA, with annual health care costs of more than $6 billion. The precise

Mark Frey, PhD, an investigator at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, studies how the intestines repair themselves after injury.

A new study at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles outlines an important molecular pathway in the intestines that could improve IBD treatments

In a first-of-its-kind look at human kidney development, researchers at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have isolated human nephron progenitor (NP) cells. Their results

Investigators at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, led by Tracy C. Grikscheit, MD, have mapped the genetic changes resulting from short bowel syndrome (SBS) using a novel zebrafish model and by

A clinical trial at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is the first to study butyrate therapy in Hispanic children with ulcerative colitis.