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DNA Sequencing Uncovers Latent Risk for Developing Cystic Fibrosis
July 26, 2016
A study by researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the California Department of Public Health suggests that all babies with a known mutation for cystic
Increased Risk of Metabolic Disorders for Some Children with Spina Bifida
March 22, 2016
Representative quantified computed tomography (CT) slices showing excess adipose or fatty tissues (pink) within the muscle boundary (green) in spina bifida patients (right) compared to control
Mark Frey, PhD, Receives $1.7M Grant to Study How the GI Tract Repairs Itself After Injury
July 22, 2019
Chemotherapy and radiation target cancer cells but these treatments produce unwanted side effects on healthy tissue. The intestines are particularly sensitive to this toxicity. A better understanding
A Plan to Expand Pediatric Pulmonology Care
November 3, 2020
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles receives a $1.5 million grant to develop leaders in the field amid a national shortage.
Safely Reducing Opioid Use for Post-Surgical Pain Control in Children
February 3, 2022
There is considerable variation in how doctors prescribe opioids to children and adolescents following removal of the appendix. A quality improvement project involving 10 pediatric hospitals in the
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.
Pat Levitt, PhD, Named Inaugural Chief Scientific Officer at Children's Hospital Los Angeles
May 24, 2018
Pat Levitt, PhD, has been named Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer and Director of The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
Functional Human Tissue-Engineered Liver Generated from Stem and Progenitor Cells
August 30, 2016
A research team led by investigators at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has generated functional human and mouse tissue-engineered liver from adult stem and progenitor
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