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The younger patients, especially those between the ages of five and eight, responded best to the treatment.

Gene Therapy Restored Hearing in Deaf Patients

Karolinska Institutet

New gene therapy well-tolerated and improves hearing in all 10 patients with congenital deafness or severe hearing impairment

The technology has the potential to further our understanding of other childhood diseases, according to a new study.

New Software Tool Could Help Better Understand Childhood Cancer

Murdoch Children's Research Institute

New cutting-edge software can help uncover how the most common heart tumor in children forms and changes

While gliomas are the major cause of cancer-related death in adolescents and young adults, there are distinct differences between gliomas that occur in children versus older adults, and treatment can vary depending on someone’s age at diagnosis.

Molecular Testing Unveils New Insights into Adolescent and Young Adult Brain Cancer

The Hospital for Sick Children

Specialized molecular testing helps shape potential treatments for patients with glioma

With an eye toward improving care, researchers have developed new automated lab procedures for detecting opioids in tiny amounts of blood.

New Opioid Testing Techniques Could Lead to Better Therapies

Brown University

New diagnostic tools for detecting opioids in adults and infants could help health workers more effectively treat opioid-related conditions

Different colored patterns of genetic sequencing results in a clinical laboratory setting during a newborn screening research project.

Revvity Expands Alliance with Genomics England to Drive Research into Newborn Genomic Sequencing in England

Revvity

New agreement to support newborn health adds sequencing lab services to the existing extraction services collaboration

Illustration of cancer cells releasing circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), which can be analyzed via blood-based genetic testing to identify mutations in childhood cancers.

UK’s Precision Medicine Program Uses Blood Tests to Advance Childhood Cancer Treatments

Today's Clinical Lab

The first phase of the Stratified Medicine Paediatrics program shows that ctDNA blood tests can provide crucial insights for targeting treatments and tracking childhood cancer progression

Photo of an MRI of the human head and brain.

New Genetic Testing Advances Targeted Treatments for Childhood Cancer in the UK

Cancer Research UK

Research program aims to advance precision medicine for children and young people whose cancer has returned

Illustration of a human head with a red dot in the middle of the brain.

Breakthrough in Childhood Brain Cancer Research Could Heal Treatment-Resistant Tumors, Keep Them in Remission

Emory Health Sciences

Potential new therapy for childhood brain cancer is effective in infiltrating, killing tumor cells in preclinical models in mice

Photo of many patient files representing the thousands of participants enrolled in a study.

GUARDIAN Study: Genomic Newborn Screening Will Transform the Rare Disease Landscape

Paul Kruszka, MD, MPH, FACMG

The GUARDIAN offers proof of principle that we can implement advanced genomic testing on a large scale

Photo of wooden blocks showing different symbols of chemical hazard warnings on wood table.

Report Calls for Regulation to Protect Children from the Dangers of Chemicals and Plastics

Boston College

Few legal or policy constraints apply to the global chemical inventories of an estimated 350,000 products, according to the Consortium for Children’s Environmental Health

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