Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
19104-4399
United States
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437 articles about Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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The Wyss Foundation Provides $5 Million in Funding for Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Wyss/Campbell Center for Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome
2/22/2024
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is thrilled to announce a gift of $5 million from the Wyss Foundation to support innovations that improve the lives of patients with thoracic insufficiency syndrome.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Experts Showcase Frontier Program at Arab Health Exhibition
1/29/2024
Showcasing its longstanding partnership with the United Arab Emirates Emirates Health Services, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will exhibit thought-leading clinical research in the EHS booth at the Arab Health 2024 Exhibition and Congress, taking place this week in Dubai.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Performs First in U.S. Gene Therapy Procedure to Treat Genetic Hearing Loss
1/23/2024
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is proud to announce the initial results of an experimental gene therapy treatment of a patient with hereditary hearing loss in the United States.
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Gene Splicing Reduces Effectiveness of CD20-Targeting Monoclonal Antibodies Designed to Treat Variety of Blood Cancers and Disorders
11/17/2023
Immunotherapies that target the CD20 antigen have revolutionized how patients with a variety of blood cancers and hematologic disorders have been treated.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Receives Multi-Million Dollar Gift from Holveck Family to Support Groundbreaking Osteosarcoma Research
11/16/2023
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has received a $6.4 million gift from the family of Connor Boyle, a Central Bucks East High School graduate who died at age 18 from osteosarcoma.
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Two Research Leaders from CHOP Elected to National Academy of Medicine
10/9/2023
Two renowned experts from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, effective October 1, 2023.
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CHOP and Penn Researchers Receive $50 Million NIH Grant to Study Impact of Environmental Factors on Pregnancy and Children's Health
10/2/2023
A multidisciplinary group of researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine have received a $50 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the impact of environmental influences on pregnancy and children's health.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Names New Chief of Adolescent Medicine
9/29/2023
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has appointed Renata Arrington Sanders, MD, as Chief of the Craig Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine, effective October 1, 2023.
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Lehigh Valley Health Network and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Announce Affiliation Agreement
9/21/2023
Lehigh Valley Health Network and its subsidiaries, which include Lehigh Valley Reilly Children's Hospital, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced an affiliation agreement that will enhance the care, health outcomes and well-being of families throughout the region.
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CHOP Researchers Develop Novel Method Using MRI to Study Diseases Modeled in Zebrafish
9/20/2023
Zebrafish have revolutionized research into a wide variety of rare and complex genetic diseases.
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College Athletes Experience Worse Post-Injury Outcomes for Concussions Suffered Outside of Sports
9/20/2023
Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia found that college athletes had worse post-injury outcomes related to concussions they experienced outside of sports than those they experienced while playing sports.
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CHOP Researchers Develop Versatile and Low-Cost Technology for Targeted Long-read RNA Sequencing
8/15/2023
In a development that could accelerate the discovery of new diagnostics and treatments, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have developed a versatile and low-cost technology for targeted sequencing of full-length RNA molecules.
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CHOP and Penn Medicine Researchers Develop "In Vivo" RNA-based Gene Editing Model for Blood Disorders
7/27/2023
In a step forward in the development of genetic medicines, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a proof-of-concept model for delivering gene editing tools to treat blood disorders, allowing for the modification of diseased blood cells directly within the body.
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CHOP Researchers Validate Pediatric "Allergic March" in Largest National Study of its Kind
7/25/2023
Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia used electronic health record data from more than 200,000 pediatric patients to describe patterns of pediatric allergies across the United States, validating a population-level pattern of allergy development known as the "allergic march," in which allergies first present as eczema, followed by food allergies, asthma, and environmental allergies.
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CHOP Researchers Reveal How NSAIDs Worsen C. difficile Infections
7/19/2023
Why do nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs exacerbate gastrointestinal infections by Clostridioides difficile, the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea worldwide? In a new paper published in Science Advances, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have begun to answer that question, showing that NSAIDs disrupt the mitochondria of cells lining the colon, sensitizing them to damage by pathogenic toxins.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Recognized by the 2023 Disability Equality Index (DEI) as a Leader in "Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion"
7/11/2023
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has been recognized by the 2023 Disability Equality Index as a leader in "Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion." The DEI is the nation's most comprehensive annual benchmarking tool used to survey employers' disability policies, practices, and initiatives.
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Interpersonal and Structural Stigma Toward Sexual Minority Youth Create Mental Health Challenges, Increased Suicide Risk
7/6/2023
Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania found that lesbian, gay and bisexual youth experienced more interpersonal discrimination based on others perceiving them as lesbian, gay, or bisexual and were four times more likely to attempt suicide.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Receives $1 Million Grant from Pediatric Cancer Foundation
6/28/2023
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced it has received $1 million from Pediatric Cancer Foundation, an organization that has been raising funds for research since 1970 to support doctors and hospitals in an effort to eradicate childhood cancer.
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CHOP Researchers Develop Universal MHC Molecules that Can be Produced Rapidly at Scale
6/13/2023
Class I major histocompatibility complex proteins play an essential role in the immune system of all jawed vertebrates.
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CHOP Researchers Show that IgA Fine Tunes the Body's Interactions with Microbes
5/26/2023
IgA deficiency is the most common primary immune deficiency worldwide, but its presentation has puzzled physcians and researchers.