More Studies Link Genes, Weight and Heart Health Risk Factors
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CHOP genetic research shows that higher body mass index (BMI) causes harmful effects on the risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and inflammation.
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$3.25 Million Gift Creates Friedreich’s Ataxia Center of Excellence
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Donations from Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance and the Hamilton and Finneran Families helps launch Penn Medicine/CHOP Center to improve research and care for Friedreich's Ataxia, a rare, degenerative disease.
CHOP Allergist Leads Study to Better Recognize EoE
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CHOP offers one of the nation’s premier programs to treated the severe allergy eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE).
CFDT Expert Helps Task Force Create Fetal Surgery Guidelines
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The increase in centers performing fetal surgery for spina bifida — which was spearheaded at CHOP — led to the creation of a national task force to develop standards for care.
CHOP Plastic Surgeon Goes on Surgical Mission Trip
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Oksana Jackson, MD, collaborated with physicians in Hungary and Ukraine to operate on children with complex cases of cleft lip and palate.
New Genes Found to Affect Blood Pressure; Offer Drug Targets
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A CHOP researcher co-led a large study that found 11 new genetic signals linked to blood pressure levels. Ten of these signals encode proteins that appear to be likely drug targets.
CHOP Opens Pediatric Urgent Care Center in King of Prussia, PA
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CHOP’s newly-opened pediatric urgent care center in King of Prussia, PA, is the only after-hours urgent care facility in the area dedicated exclusively to children. CHOP opened its first urgent care center in Mays Landing, NJ, in 2013.
Lab Test Expedite Donor Matches, Improve Outcomes in Transplants
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CHOP is the first center to offer a comprehensive HLA typing test. Using new gene-sequencing tools, the new test will expedite donor matching and improve transplantation outcomes.
Study Reports on Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of TTTS Patients
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Study by experts at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia shows twins who underwent fetal surgery for TTTS show normal neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 2.
Gene Study Advances Knowledge of Cholesterol/Heart Disease Risk
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New genetic evidence from CHOP and Penn researchers strengthens the case that a well-known type of cholesterol likely causes heart disease, while casting more doubt on the role of another type.