D3b News & Announcements

Meet seven women in STEM at CHOP Research Institute nominated by their Centers of Emphasis for their excellence and inspiration.

Supported by the NIH, the Down Syndrome Research Group is embarking upon a comprehensive study of Down syndrome, engaging the community along the way.

New Children's Brain Tumor Network Preclinical Models Portal advances pediatric brain tumor research.

We tallied up the most popular Cornerstone blog stories of 2024 based on data across our CHOP Research social media platforms.

Up to $10 million in funding will allow investigators from the Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine to develop a new cloud-based toolkit for accessible data sharing.

In The News this week, we celebrate CHOP being named a top children’s hospitals in the nation for the 17th consecutive year.

You're invited you to the 2024 CBTN Summit on October 9-11. Together, we can unlock cures. Register now.

CHOP experts look to improve young concussion patients’ outcomes and develop an image-based classification tool for retinopathy of prematurity.

Discover new tools that streamline germline classification and cluster patterns in spatial transcriptomics data in this week’s research news.

CHOP receives a collaborative grant to drive cystic fibrosis research forward, Dr. John Maris honored with Pitcher of Hope Award, and more.

The Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine launched a new Kids First Data Resource Center website where visitors can explore data and cloud-based resources related to cancer and congenital disorders.

The Connor Initiative, a multimillion dollar gift from the Holveck Family, will support precision therapeutics for osteosarcoma and rare cancers.

The Center for Precision Medicine for High-risk Pediatric Cancer Frontier Program builds upon ongoing precision medicine efforts across CHOP departments to define and expand treatment options.

U.S. News & World Report ranks CHOP No. 1 in region, and we’re proud to have eight specialties ranked in the top five.

This week In the News, the Division of Neonatology is re-selected as a Neonatal Research Network Center, and researchers develop the first pediatric brain tumor atlas.

Learn about a technique to analyze large datasets, preclinical results that show safety and efficacy of a drug that could help children with high-risk neuroblastoma, and a milestone in the CORSICA project that seeks to cure rare sinonasal cancers.

Cassie Kline, MD, MAS, and Jessica Foster, MD, received a seed grant to study CAR T-cell and radiotherapy for diffuse midline gliomas.

Ingo Helbig, MD, discusses the Arcus Omics Data launch at CHOP in a Q&A.

An update on the milestones reached to advance pediatric brain tumor research, driving forward the efforts of CHOP’s Neuroscience Center.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has a leading role in the NCI’s plan to streamline drug development for childhood cancers.

Neuro-oncologist Jessica Foster MD, is investigating chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for brain tumors.

In the final installment of our Women in STEM series, six more scientists share their advice for aspiring researchers.

Whole genome sequencing for thousands of brain tumor samples will give the D³b team insight into devastating pediatric cancers.

In this project, researchers will study thousands of tissue samples, which will provide an enormous level of insight into childhood cancer.

A rare disease hack-a-thon leads to an unusual collaboration between D3b’s bioinformaticians, including Adam Resnick, PhD, and American Airlines’ software engineers.

The Mitochondria and Cancer Connections (MC2) Research Program will study how cancer cells find the energy to grow and ways to prevent their return.

INCLUDE DCC has launched its website to provide information and updates on the Down syndrome research data hub. Visit includedcc.org.

This week’s roundup features new partnerships, novel findings, and exciting approaches to diagnosing rare conditions.

Marni Falk, MD, and Adam Resnick, PhD, to lead the Mitochondria and Cancer Connections (MC²) Research Program, a new CHOP research initiative.

A clinical research coordinator builds strength, finds community, and develops well-being with high intensity interval training.

This week’s news round-up highlights several researcher awards, and funding for D3B and neuroblastoma research

CHOP and partners develop a world-class resource for data sharing, data access, and integrative analysis in Down syndrome.

This week’s roundup features CHOP’s participation in a multi-institutional MIS-C research study — the first to provide long-term outcome data.

Concussion study reveals video confirmation is critical to the processing of head impact sensor data. This and more In the News.

Celebrating how far we’ve come in advancing pediatric research and medicine, and how far we intend to go.

Hear from our chief of the Division of Neurosurgery and co-director of D3b why research and practice are becoming increasingly linked.

The 2019 Scientific Symposium focused on the advances CHOP researchers have made in the booming area of genomics and data science.

Research platform makes large-scale data on childhood cancer and birth defects available to researchers, clinicians and patients within a cloud-based environment

The Kids First Data Resource Portal brings together six institutions, thousands of patients' data, and investigators studying rare disease to one centralized place: the cloud.

Guest blogger, Adam Resnick, PhD, illustrates the phenomenal growth of CHOP-led consortia to collaborate and share data to promote pediatric brain tumor research.

Researchers in the Hocking Research Program study how to improve the quality of life for childhood cancer survivors.

From new insights into brain tumor biology to building a network for pediatric trials, don't miss this week's research roundup.

CHOP Researchers Reveal Differences among Gene Fusions in Low-Grade Pediatric Brain Tumors

Every day, we learn about the exciting new ways our investigators and staff at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia modernize medicine and revolutionize healthcare for children. This week, we're thrilled to report on a handful of new headlines about those breakthroughs…

Funds from the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program will establish a "first-in-kind" data discovery and sharing platform to support collaborative pediatric research

As we approach the end of 2016, for good or ill, this time of year lends itself to reflection. To look back over these 12 months in research at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, we've decided to pick 12 of the most popular stories we've brought you in the past…

Henrietta Lacks, a poor black tobacco farmer and loving mother of four children, was an unsung hero for too long. After her doctor collected cells from her cervical cancer tumor in 1951, Henrietta unwittingly had an integral role in the transformation of biomedical research over…

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) welcomes Vice President Biden today as he visits Philadelphia and the Abramson Cancer Center to launch the White House’s “Moonshot” cancer cures initiative outlined in the State of the Union address.