Research News from CHOP
CHOP Researchers Find Mitochondrial Dysregulation Driving Spaceflight Health Risks
As part of a landmark package NASA papers, CHOP researchers have described significant mitochondrial changes due to spaceflight.
Study Involving Seven Major Children’s Hospitals Shows COVID-19 is Typically Mild in Children
Large, national study on COVID-19 in children led by CHOP found 4% of children tested were positive, but there were disparities in positivity rates and disease severity.
CHOP Researchers Reverse Severe Lymphatic Disorder in Patient with Noonan Syndrome by Targeting Genetic Pathway
Researchers at CHOP have resolved a severe lymphatic disorder in a girl with Noonan Syndrome that had led to upper gastrointestinal bleeding, fluid collection around the lungs, and numerous surgeries that had been unable to resolve her symptoms.
Pediatric Cancer Researchers Receive $1.3 Million to Study Precise Treatment for Neuroblastoma
Grant awarded to CHOP and Gustave Roussy to support phase 3 clinical trial developed by Children’s Oncology Group and International Society of Paediatric Oncology Europe Neuroblastoma Group, representing first-ever collaboration between North American and European neuroblastoma consortia.
Study Uses Polygenic Risk Scores to Determine Schizophrenia Risk in 22q11.2DS
A new study involving CHOP researchers looked at genetic variants across the genome to determine risk levels for developing schizophrenia in patients with 22q11.2DS.
CHOP Clinical Trial Shows Early Tracheostomy Tube Change is Safe and Leads to Fewer Complications
A randomized controlled trial by CHOP researchers found that changing a tracheostomy tube at four days rather than seven is safe, with fewer complications.
Study Finds Signs of Altruism in People’s COVID-19 Worries, Putting Concerns about Others First
A new study demonstrates that people are more concerned about unknowingly spreading COVID-19 than getting sick themselves.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Offers Help and Cure for Picky Eaters
Pediatric researchers recently described a brief group cognitive-behavioral therapy program that provides parents with specific techniques to improve their child’s mealtime behaviors.
Majority of Parents Unaware of Children’s Thoughts of Suicide, Death
Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia discuss the alarming findings with media outlets.
Parents and Teens Don’t See Eye to Eye on Suicide Risk
Half of parents don’t know their adolescent has had thoughts about suicide, and more than 75 percent of parents are unaware of their adolescent’s thoughts of death and dying.