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Normal Blood Flow in Brain after Stem Cell Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease

HSCT Normalizes Brain Hemodynamics in Children With Sickle Cell Disease
“Children who undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) for sickle cell [MORE]

Artificial Pediatric Heart Valves that Grow

 
Lab-created heart valves can grow with the recipient
University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers show “for the first time that lab-created [MORE]

Mutations in Non-Coding DNA Linked to Pediatric Cancers

Study of DNA mutations
Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are using a new computational tool to analyze mutations in non-coding [MORE]

Microfluidic Device for Assessing Blood Clotting

Microfluidic device by Jain and team to help detect blood clots
Engineers at Texas A & M University have built a [MORE]

Handheld Eye Scanner Detects Autism

Handheld eye scanner to identify children with autism spectrum disorder
“Researchers at Flinders University in Australia have developed a handheld eye [MORE]

Rapid Sequencing in the NICU

Neonate
Lab techs at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego have done whole genome sequencing on neonates in as little as [MORE]

Predictive Pediatric Screening for Childhood Diseases

DNA Testing for Childhood Diseases
Sema4 (Stamford, CT; a startup from NYC’s Mount Sinai Health System, is now marketing a home [MORE]

Concussion Diagnosis: MicroRNAs in Saliva

Concussion
“Researchers [at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital] identified five microRNA molecules which “accurately identify” patients with concussion symptoms. Three of [MORE]

“Epigenetic Signatures”

Epigenetics
Kabuki syndrome is a rare inborn developmental disorder in children, with distinctive facial features, growth delays and other abnormalities. Yet [MORE]

IgE Isolator for Asthma

Asthma Treatment
Asthma and allergy sufferers present higher levels of blood immunoglobulin E when exposed to a chemical trigger. Occasionally, this [MORE]

Skin Patch Dx for Food Allergies

Viaskin Peanut Product
For an infant with undiagnosed allergies to milk and egg proteins, the only communication is through crying—-non-stop crying. [MORE]

24 Hr. Sensors

Lab Monitors Sleep in Special Needs Children
Engineering scientists at Kansas State University are developing and testing a system of passive [MORE]

DNA Sequencing at Birth: the BabySeq Project

Molecular DNA Model
Since 1970, virtually every baby born in the US has undergone screening with Guthrie tests (a protein analysis [MORE]

Smartphone Otoscope

Cellscope Home Otoscope
For some time now, it looked like medical kiosks with their digital instruments for examining patient’s ears, nose [MORE]