Nationwide Children's Research News
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Apr 15, 2009
Gene Therapy For Muscular Dystrophy Shows Promise Beyond Safety
Researchers have cleared a safety hurdle in efforts to develop a gene therapy for a form of muscular dystrophy that disables patients by gradually weakening muscles near the hips and shoulders.
Mar 27, 2009
FSH Society Fellowship Funds Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Research
Funding from the Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Society FSH Society, Inc. will help researchers determine the role a seldom-studied gene plays in the development and progression of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), a debilitating muscular dystrophy often originating in the
Jan 26, 2009
St. Baldricks Foundation Awards $108,000 Grant to Nationwide Children's Hospital
St. Baldricks Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, awarded a grant of $108,000 to Nationwide Childrens Hospital.
Jan 26, 2009
Crib-Side Studies Help Struggling Newborns Go Home Without Feeding Tubes, Saves Millions in Hospital Bills
A new strategy developed in the Neonatal and Infant Feeding Disorders Program at Nationwide Childrens Hospital is helping premature infants and other newborns with severe swallowing difficulties learn to feed on their own.
Dec 22, 2008
Non-Invasive Method Delivers Genes to the Central Nervous System
Investigators at The Research Institute at Nationwide Childrens Hospital have identified a non-invasive method for delivering genes to the central nervous system, a strategy that penetrates the bodys protective blood-brain barrier with unprecedented success.
Nov 17, 2008
Study Finds Conduct Disorder in Adolescent Girls Associated With Family Characteristics, Parental Behaviors
Nearly 10 percent of adolescent girls in the United States meet the criteria for conduct disorder, a diagnosis describing youths who persistently exhibit behaviors that violate rules and rights of others truancy, fighting, stealing, lying, cruelty or property destruction are examples of this.
Oct 10, 2008
Local Medical Clinic is Among 10 Selected for MDA Clinical Research Network
The Muscular Dystrophy Association medical clinic at Nationwide Childrens Hospital in Columbus has been selected to become part of MDAs new Clinical Research Network.The new network consists of 10 elite MDA medical clinics that will function as clinical research centers.
Sep 30, 2008
Back-To-School Belly-Aches May Be More Than Just Nerves
As students settle back into their desks for another school year, parents, school nurses and pediatricians respond to increased complaints of stomach pain. Many of these seasonal belly-aches are dismissed as nothing more than a case of the back-to-school blues.
Sep 02, 2008
Increase in Youth Suicide Rate Following Decade-Long Decline May Reflect Emerging Health Crisis
A sudden and dramatic increase in pediatric suicides may reflect an emerging trend rather than a single-year anomaly. Thats the conclusion of new suicide research, conducted at The Research Institute at Nationwide Childrens Hospital and published in the September 3rd issue of the Journal of the
Jun 30, 2008
Virtual Temporal Bone Project Uses Technology, Simulated Surgery to Teach the Next Generation of Surgeons
For a generation of surgeons who have grown up playing video games, they are now learning temporal bone surgery of the skull in a similar way. Physicians and researchers at Nationwide Childrens Hospital are using state-of-the-art computer animation to help train the next generation of surgeons.The