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NEWS
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles leads largest ever multi-center study to characterize side effects of a common chemotherapy agent
Scientists at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles develop newer CAR T therapy that promises to be more effective and less toxic for children with neuroblastoma.
Investigators at The Saban Research Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have uncovered a role that TNF and its receptor play in intestinal health that will lead to a better understanding of TNF. This could positively impact future treatments for patients with IBD.
RESEARCH COMMUNITY
Ramon Durazo-Arvizu, PhD, has been named the new faculty director of the Biostatistics and Data Analysis Core of The Saban Research Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Durazo-Arvizu has also been appointed to a USC faculty position as Professor of Research...
Google Accelerated Sciences is a translational research team that works to bring Google’s technology to the biomedical community. Philip Nelson, Director of Engineering at Google Accelerated Sciences, will meet with team members at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles on Wednesday,...
Adolescence is a time of great change, both emotionally, socially and physically. To understand how these changes affect the health of our nation’s children as they develop, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has funded the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development – or ABCD...
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A study by investigators at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles found that patients who lost weight in the first year following diagnosis were better able to control blood glucose levels, decreasing their risk of serious complications.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) affects about 3,000 children each year in the United States. In one tenth of cases, the cancer resists treatment. Yong-Mi Kim, MD, PhD, MPH investigates just how cancer cells evade chemotherapy. Her newest study, featured on the cover of the...
Placement of an intravenous catheter—to allow health care providers the ability to easily take blood or administer medications—is one of the most common inpatient procedures. Although necessary for care and patient comfort, the devices may also be associated with infection,...