Research Press Releases
Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Find Diet-Induced Obesity Accelerates Leukemia
The first study to demonstrate that obesity can directly accelerate the progression of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has been conducted at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and will be published in Cancer Prevention Research, on October 5, 2010.
Date: 9/7/2010
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives $526,600 NIH Grant to Train Young Pediatricians in Cancer Research
The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has received a five-year, $526,600 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support training of young pediatricians in cancer research.
Date: 8/26/2010
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Awarded $2.5 Million to Develop Nanotherapy Against Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
Fatih Uckun, MD, PhD of the Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has been awarded $2.5 million from the National Cancer Institute(NCI) to support development of a new class of anti-cancer drugs against acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common form of cancer in children and adolescents.
Date: 8/26/2010
David Warburton, MD, of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Explores International Collaboration in Israel
David Warburton, DSc, MD, of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles recently returned from a visit to the Saban Pediatric Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel, which was built with generous support from the Saban Family Foundation.
Date: 5/19/2008
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives $11 Million From NCI for Research on High-Risk Neuroblastoma
Investigators at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) have received notice of renewal for a program project grant in the amount of $11 million.
Research Consortium at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives $410,000 to Study Leukemia and Lymphoma
J. Eric Bubbers, PhD, of the Saban Research Institute at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, has received a $410,000 grant from Phase One Foundation. The award will fund a “first in childhood leukemia” multi-site study in children with relapsed or refractory acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) or acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Dr. Bubbers is the administrative director of Therapeutic Advances in Childhood Leukemia and Lymphoma (TACL), an academic research consortium consisting of 33 member institutions in four countries.
Date: 7/19/2010
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Partners in $56.8 Million NIH Award for Clinical and Translational Research
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has been awarded $7 million of a $56.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Date: 7/15/2010
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Physicians Study Beta-Natriuretic Peptide in Pediatric Patients
Investigators at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles have found that unlike adults, levels of serum beta-natriuretic peptide (BNP) do not increase in pediatric trauma patients with serious head injuries.
Date: 7/8/2010
Oncologist Receives $50,000 Hyundai Scholar Award
The Hyundai Hope on WheelsTM program will donate $50,000 to Dr Brown....
Date: 7/2/2010
Researcher at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives $1.65 Million Grant to Study Mechanism for Meningitis
A white blood cell that normally removes bacteria from the bloodstream helps Escherichia coli (E. coli) accumulate in the blood and enter the brain resulting in the deadly infection known as meningitis.
Date: 6/23/2010
National Institutes of Health Awards $2.5 Million Grant to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles for Study of Osteoporosis in Youth With Spina Bifida
Tishya Wren, PhD, of The Saban Research Institute at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study bone development in children with myelomeningocele, the most severe type of spina bifida .
Date: 6/22/2010
Treatment with Naturally Ocurring Protein Prevents and Reverses Brain Damage
A team of researchers at The Saban Research Institute at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, along with colleagues from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) and the Universite Auvergne, France, have discovered an important role for a small, naturally occurring protein called interleukin-10 (IL-10) in removing bacteria from the blood of infected mice and reversing damage to the brain.
Date: 6/9/2010
Dr. Robertson Parkman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium
Robertson Parkman, M.D., was the second recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium (PBMTC)
Date: 2/26/2010
Three Researchers at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Elected to Membership in the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR)
Three research-scientists at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles have been elected to membership in the Society of Pediatric Research (SPR)
Date: 1/21/2010
Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program Awards $4.7 Million Grant to Researchers at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
The Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program has awarded a five-year $4.7 million grant to support the Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases CCCBD) and the creation of the Bogart Leukemia Research Program at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.
Date: 1/7/2009
Two Researchers at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receive Grants from Stand Up To Cancer
Elizabeth R. Lawlor, M.D., Ph.D., and Markus Müschen, M.D., Ph.D., researchers with the Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases and The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC), have received grants from the organization Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C).
Date: 12/18/2009
Two Registered Nurses at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receive Grants from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation
Rita Secola, R.N., MSN, CPON, and Mary Nelson, R.N., M.S., CPNP, from Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, are both 2009 nursing grant recipients from the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation.
Date: 12/2/2009
The USC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives Three-Year Grant
The USC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles received a three-year, $675,000 grant from the Administration on Developmental Disabilities to fund a UCEDD/Minority Institution of Higher Education partnership with California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA).
Date: 11/3/2009
Researcher at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives $1.4 Million Grant from the National Institutes of Health
Kasper S. Wang, M.D., a pediatric surgeon at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and assistant professor of surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, has received a $1,413,458, five-year UO1 Cooperative Agreement Grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish the Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network (ChiLDREN) at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.
Date: 10/15/2009
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the National Institute of Arthritis and Muscolosketetal and Skin Diseases Identify Mutator Protein Causing Drug-Resistance in Leukemia
Researchers at The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the National Institute of Arthritis and Muscoloskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) have discovered high concentration of a mutator protein in cells that develop resistance to drug treatment in leukemia. The finding, which appears in the Sept. 8, 2009, issue of the journal Cancer Cell, provides an explanation as to why leukemia cells often become drug-resistant and may lead to the development of therapies that improve survival in leukemia patients.
Date: 9/3/2009
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