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Displaying announcements from the past three years.
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Published on Sep 16, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
CHOP’s new translational neuroscience center, BRIDGE, works to understand basic and translational mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Published on Aug 16, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
Two CHOP fellows join the Pediatric Scientist Development Program, AI offers timely diagnosis of genetic epilepsies, and more in this week’s news.
Published on Jun 3, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
The CHOP-Penn Autism Research Symposium explored opportunities for breakthroughs in the understanding and treatment of autism spectrum disorder.
Published on May 15, 2024 in Cornerstone Blog
Many of the great minds at CHOP convened on April 30 and May 1 to share how their research is expanding our understanding of pediatric neuroscience.
Published on Dec 22, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
Our research news roundup highlights newly approved gene therapies, insights into common genetic epilepsy disorders, and head injury prevention for young athletes.
Published on Nov 28, 2023 in Press Releases
This major step allows for the creation of clinical trials to test key endpoints that will determine the efficacy of new therapies.
Published on Nov 21, 2023 in Press Releases
An experimental compound might be further developed as an effective treatment approach for affected patients.
Published on Aug 22, 2023 in Press Releases
Dravet syndrome is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder defined by treatment-resistant epilepsy and features related to autism spectrum disorder.
Published on Apr 14, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
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.
Published on Feb 17, 2023 in Cornerstone Blog
In this news roundup, learn how CHOP researchers are advancing research for neurological diseases and engaging in community collaborative research.
Published on Jan 5, 2023 in Press Releases
An update on the milestones reached to advance pediatric brain tumor research, driving forward the efforts of CHOP’s Neuroscience Center.
Published on Dec 9, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
This week's news roundup features an outstanding science award, Highly Cited Researchers, and STAT Wunderkinds, along with new research about cancer risk with birth defects, epilepsy, and acute myeloid leukemia.
Published on Nov 29, 2022 in Press Releases
Patients with the identified variant may respond favorably to targeted treatment with a readily available anti-seizure medication.
Published on Sep 30, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Learn about novel findings and new grants from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers.
Published on Jul 25, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Dr. Goldberg studies how genetic variation in ion channels leads to underlying brain circuit dysfunction in epilepsy and other disorders.
Published on Jul 20, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
Dr. Ethan Goldberg received a new grant and published a paper, both focusing on the role of ion channels and genes in epileptic disorders.
Published on Mar 18, 2022 in Cornerstone Blog
This week in the news: a pediatric cancer summit, early diagnosis of Leigh Syndrome, quality of life in severe epilepsy, and more.
Published on Mar 3, 2022 in Press Releases
Study shows quality of life is strongly associated with the number of days minimally disrupted by seizures rather than seizure frequency alone.
Published on Nov 30, 2021 in Press Releases
Drs. Kessler and Kennedy gave presentations as part of the Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania’s series for Epilepsy Awareness Month.
Published on Jun 3, 2021 in Press Releases
Researchers determined that capturing standardized clinical data helps predict seizure burden and classify type of epilepsy disorder.
Published on May 5, 2021 in Press Releases
Major improvements are made to a framework that seeks to standardize clinical descriptions of epilepsy used for computational analysis.
Published on Apr 2, 2021 in Cornerstone Blog
This week’s research news features Kathrin Bernt, MD, and Richard Aplenc, MD, PhD, MSCE, recipients of Children’s Cancer Research Fund Awards.
Published on Dec 4, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
This week’s roundup features CHOP’s participation in a multi-institutional MIS-C research study — the first to provide long-term outcome data.
Published on Sep 11, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
This week’s roundup features research exploring the value of well care as voiced by Black adolescent males and their parents. This and more In The News.
Published on Aug 26, 2020 in Press Releases
By standardizing how clinical information is analyzed, researchers found 11 causative genes associated with specific symptoms.
Published on Aug 11, 2020 in Press Releases
Researchers from CHOP linked genetic information to electronic medical records to study how genetic neurological disorders in children develop over time.
Published on Jul 16, 2020 in Press Releases
Genetic cause of rare form of childhood epilepsy, Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES), remains unknown.
Published on Jun 9, 2020 in Press Releases
Division of Neurology researchers set out to discover whether newly implemented audio-video telemedicine visits are an effective way of delivering care.
Published on Apr 10, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
This week’s In the News features studies on RNA’s role in epilepsy, missed opportunities in HIV Testing, and a Leadership Award for Dr. St. Geme.
Published on Feb 7, 2020 in Cornerstone Blog
The Epilepsy NeuroGenetics Initiative is bridging the gap between advances in genetic discovery and improvements in treatment.