Younger T Cells May Improve Immunotherapy for Children’s Cancer
Feb 12, 2016
CHOP is working to improve personalized cell therapy for children. Using younger T cells may offer better results against certain types of leukemia and lymphoma.
<p>Kyphosis is a forward curvature of the spine in the upper back, giving a child an abnormally rounded or “humpback” appearance. It is not caused by poor posture.</p>
Feb 12, 2016
CHOP is working to improve personalized cell therapy for children. Using younger T cells may offer better results against certain types of leukemia and lymphoma.
Feb 5, 2016
Diane Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, director of CHOP's Breastfeeding and Lactation Program, spends two weeks in India teaching importance of breast milk for vulnerable infants.
By identifying babies at low risk of serious bacterial infection, a quality improvement team at CHOP safely reduced the use of lumbar puncture in infants being evaluated for fever.
Feb 1, 2016
A CHOP oncologist co-led an international study showing that an abnormal fused gene drives children’s brain tumors by using three different biological mechanisms.
Feb 1, 2016
Madeline Bell, president and CEO of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, has been elected vice chair and chair-elect of the Board of Trustees of the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA). She began her vice chair term on Jan. 1, 2016 and will be elevated to chair on Jan. 1, 2017.
Jan 28, 2016
Award honors surgeon’s contributions to the field of reconstructive surgery.
Jan 27, 2016
After children with leukemia receive chemotherapy, are they better off remaining in the hospital, or going home? CHOP is leading a multicenter study of both safety and family preferences.
Jan 26, 2016
CHOP’s new Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine aims to harness and broadly share biomedical information to more quickly benefit child patients.
Jan 22, 2016
When you’re managing diabetes, there are a few extra things to keep in mind when the temperature drops.
Jan 26, 2016
Have you had the challenge of deciphering a foreign immunization record lately? The process can be confusing and time consuming especially if you don’t have the resources to interpret the records. If you have had this type of issue or think you might in the future, read this article.