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Walk and Play L.A.: The Community Event That Inspired

On Saturday, June 2, 2018, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles hosted its first inaugural joint Walk and Play L.A. Last year, both events were held separately and the first of its kind for CHLA. The community event, which was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum...

Pat Levitt, PhD, Named Inaugural Chief Scientific Officer at Children's Hospital Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES -- Pat Levitt, PhD, has been named Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer and Director of The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. “In addition to being a distinguished scholar and brilliant scientist, Dr. Pat Levitt’s commitment to...

Billy Becerra and the Unbearable Lightness of Grieving

In the wake of the first anniversary of his newborn son’s passing, a father finds solace in skydiving and triathlon training, making sure to never be far from the loss. By Jeff Weinstock “Have you ever jumped out of an airplane?” You got the wrong guy, buddy. Any...

10E4_CHLA90_2[2] (tumor-associated macrophages)

Removing the Enablers: Reducing the number of tumor-supporting cells to fight neuroblastoma

Findings suggest new therapeutic approach for children with high-risk disease Investigators at the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles provide preclinical evidence that the presence of tumor-associated macrophages—a type of...

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