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Texas Children’s Hospital Now Offering Updated, Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Vaccines for Patients Ages 12 and Older
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Perros de terapia visitan a pacientes pediátricos con cáncer en el Texas Children’s Hospital
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Dogs visit kids at Texas Children's Hospital
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Dr. Gerarda Cappuccio, a physician-scientist at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital, has been selected to receive the 2022 postdoctoral fellowship award from Autism Speaks to test gene therapy for a rare disorder, MeCP2 Duplication Syndrome, a condition related to the over-expression of a gene MeCP2 linked to autism.
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Coping with a diagnosis
Wellness
Let's Talk About Alzheimer's Research: A Community Event
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Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, the Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital and the Alzheimer’s Association have partnered to host "Let's Talk About Alzheimer's Research: A Community Event" to provide community members with information about ongoing research studies taking place at these Texas Medical Center institutions on Alzheimer’s disease and related causes of dementia.
Wellness
Botswana Ministry of Health and the Botswana-Baylor Trust renew 19-year partnership
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Dr. Gerarda Cappuccio named as the co-recipient of the 2022 John M. Opitz Young Investigator Award
Research
Dr. Peter Hotez and Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi Named Two of Fast Company’s 2022 Most Creative People in Business
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Disney and Starlight Children’s Foundation Deliver Comfort and Joy to Texas Children’s Hospital Patients
Disney and Starlight Children’s Foundation Deliver Comfort and Joy to Texas Children’s Hospital Patients
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Dr. David Nelson announced as the recipient of the 2022 Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award
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