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Preclinical Study Offers Hope For Hirschsprung’s

Intestine grown from stem cells in Dr. Grikscheit’s laboratory. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles surgeon achieves milestone in using tissue engineering to grow complete gut nervous system. Babies with Hirschsprung’s disease are born with an...

How Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Is Keeping Families Safe During COVID-19

With many protective measures in place, the hospital reopens four outpatient centers and encourages families to continue needed care. When Jenn and Mike Dupke had to take their 4-year-old son, Rhett, to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for a week this spring—in the midst of...

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C): What Parents Should Know

From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, children were a population left relatively untouched by the novel coronavirus. If infected, children often had few symptoms unless an underlying condition compromised their health. It was believed that children could have the disease...

COVID-19: Information for Patients, Parents and Visitors

Many families are worried about the spread of the novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, and may have questions about their safety, including if it is safe to bring their children to our hospital or clinics for appointments. We want you to know that Children...

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