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Birth Defects

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Dec 9, 2022
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.

The Krantz lab focuses on identifying molecular etiologies of multisystem developmental diagnoses, structural birth defects, and intellectual disability. Using cellular and animal models, the investigators study newly identified genes towards identification of therapeutic targets.

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Sep 21, 2018
From novel findings about the role of mtDNA in heart disease to news about the 2nd Eagles Autism Challenge, we've got the latest headlines.
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Aug 31, 2018
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.
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Jan 12, 2018
It's a brand-new year for breakthroughs at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute. Here are the first headlines of 2018.
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Dec 9, 2015
Half of infants born with severe congenital heart disease go on to develop neurodevelopmental disorders, which may include cognitive, motor, social, and language impairments.
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Aug 28, 2014
Reporting on 100 recent cases of fetal surgery for spina bifida, specialists from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia achieved results similar to those in a landmark clinical trial that established a new standard of care for prenatal repair of this birth defect.