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Dr. Benjamin Deneen awarded the NINDS Outstanding Investi...
Dr. Benjamin Deneen, professor and Dr. Russell J. and Marian K. Blattner Chair in neurosurgery and director of the Center for Cancer Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine, has been awarded the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Outstanding Investigator Award.
Rouce honored for DEI efforts
Dr. Rayne Rouce is the recipient of the Award for Excellence in Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy.
How Texas Children’s Hospital’s Rare Tumor Program Ai...
All pediatric cancers are rare, but some are so rare that discerning a precise diagnosis from hundreds of possibilities requires particular expertise.
Race and Health Outcomes: An Example of Congenital ...
A significant body of recent research has focused on inequities in health care outcomes across racial and ethnic lines.
How Clinical Trials Are Saving the Lives of Children with...
Neuroblastoma is the most common pediatric malignancy, accounting for almost 10% of childhood cancers, mostly in children under five years old.
Iron Deficiency in Adolescent Girls: A Multidisciplinary ...
While more than a third of adolescent girls experience heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), a lack of clear guidance on screening for iron deficiency anemia caused by HMB means they’re at risk of remaining undiagnosed and untreated.
Advancing Behavioral Research in Diabetes Care
Texas Children’s Diabetes and Endocrine Care Center is dedicated not only to preventing sequelae of diabetes but also to helping children and adolescents live well with this condition.
Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes
Physicians at the Diabetes and Endocrinology Department at Texas Children’s Hospital are investigating the incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in children with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.
Burroughs Family evens the odds with TTTS treatment
When Julie Burroughs went in for an ultrasound of her twins at 16 weeks, she was shocked to learn that they were not growing properly due to twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS).
Big Plans Despite Living With Sickle Cell Disease
September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month
What you need to know about tongue-tie
Becoming a new parent is a joyous, yet, stressful life transition.
Austin Video Series: Get To Know Dr. Ana Avalos at Texas ...
Dr. Ana Avalos works at a Community Cares location at Texas Children’s Pediatrics-Windsor Park.
It was worth every mile
Northwest Texas twins saved by Texas Children’s Fetal Center
Third time’s a charm
Premature baby makes turnaround after arriving at Texas Children’s — the third hospital on her road to recovery.
Transferring our most critically ill patients
Few things are more frightening than realizing your child is in medical danger – enough danger to seek admission at an emergency center for immediate, specialized care.
Single Ventricle Program at Texas Children's Heart Center
It’s 7 a.m. and Kerry Sembera is hard at work doing what she loves most — visiting young patients and their families in Texas Children’s cardiac intensive care unit (CICU).
How to Manage Menopause Symptoms in the Summer
Summer comes with the expectation of fun and relaxation, but for women going through menopause, hot summer days can mean misery and discomfort. The hot and humid weather may cause menopausal symptoms to worsen.
PolyAMiner-Bulk: A new deep-learning tool developed to an...
Researchers in the lab of Dr. Hari Krishna Yalamanchili, an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine and an investigator at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital, have developed a cutting-edge deep-learning algorithm called PolyAMiner to decode alternative polyadenylation status of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) from a variety of bulk RNA-sequencing datasets. The study was published in Cell Reports Methods.
Dr. King invited to serve as Chair of NIH study section (...
Dr. Katherine Y. King, associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, was recently invited by the National Institutes of Health to serve as Chair of the Basic Biology of Blood, Heart and Vasculature Study Section, Vascular and Hematology Integrated Review Group, at the Center of Scientific Review.
Gene mutation underlies neurodevelopmental disorders (Aug...
A group of 20 patients with undiagnosed neurodevelopmental disorders, ranging from mild to severe, now have a genetic diagnosis thanks to an international team of researchers, including investigators from Baylor College of Medicine's GREGoR Research Center.
Allen, Lupo earn pediatric cancer grants
Dr. Carl Allen and Dr. Philip Lupo, both professors of pediatrics – hematology/oncology, have each received grants from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicin...
Known disease-causing gene variants have been found in about 35% of children with severe developmental and severe childhood diseases. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine researchers, Dr. Hugo J. Bellen, Dr. Richard Gibbs, and Dr. Katherine Y. King have launched a new genomic sequencing initiative to identify the genetic mutations and the underlying mechanisms responsible for the remaining two-thirds of severe pediatric conditions.
Texas Children’s Hospital Dedicates Nursing Excellence ...
Texas Children’s Hospital is pleased to announce the dedication of a new nursing excellence suite that will be named in honor of Dr. Lois J. Moore.