Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is a children’s hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with its primary campus located in the University City neighborhood of West Philadelphia next to the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.

A COVID-19 breathalyzer for kids?

A new wave of gene therapies becomes possible with the development of a “dimmer switch”

Imagine using gene therapy to correct lethal lung diseases before death

Using CRISPR gene editing, a team from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Penn Medicine have thwarted a lethal lung disease in an animal model in which a harmful mutation causes death within hours after birth. This proof-of-concept study, published today in Science Translational Medicine, showed that in uteroediting could be a promising new approach for treating lung diseases

Imagine using gene therapy to correct lethal lung diseases before death

Proof-of-concept in treating congenital disease before birth using CRISPR pre-natal gene editing

CHOP/Penn Medicine Team Shows first example of base-editing tool to treat a disease in utero in animal models For the first time, scientists have performed prenatal gene editing to prevent a lethal metabolic disorder in laboratory animals, offering the potential to treat human congenital diseases before birth. Published today in Nature Medicine, research from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman

Proof-of-concept in treating congenital disease before birth using CRISPR pre-natal gene editing

What will emerging genetic tools for mitochondrial DNA replacement mean for patients?

Social and ethical issues arise beyond potential for preventing rare complex diseases Sophisticated prenatal techniques, not yet in clinical practice, offer the potential to prevent a cruel multi-system genetic disease passing from mother to child long before birth. But these emerging tools raise important questions: might there be unintended, even irreversible risks to the resulting

What will emerging genetic tools for mitochondrial DNA replacement mean for patients?

Vision-Restoring Gene Therapy Also Strengthens Visual Processing Pathways in Brain

Surprisingly rapid regrowth of unused brain connections after decades of near blindness Since 2007, clinical trials using gene therapy have resulted in often-dramatic sight restoration for dozens of children and adults who were otherwise doomed to blindness. Now, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and The Children’s Hospital of

Vision-Restoring Gene Therapy Also Strengthens Visual Processing Pathways in Brain

T-Cell Therapy Puts Leukemia Patients in Extended Remission

An experimental therapy has brought prolonged remissions to a high proportion of patients who were facing death from advanced leukemia after standard treatments had failed, researchers are reporting. The therapy involves genetically programming cells from the patient’s own immune system to fight the disease. The research included 30 patients: five adults ages 26 to 60,

T-Cell Therapy Puts Leukemia Patients in Extended Remission

New gene delivery method: magnetic nanoparticles

New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that with magnetic guidance, specially designed nanoparticles can help deliver genes to injured arteries, using stents as the delivery platform Stent angioplasty saves lives, but there often are side effects and complications related to the procedure, such as arterial restenosis and thrombosis. In the June 2013 issue of The

New gene delivery method: magnetic nanoparticles

UAB researchers cure type 1 diabetes in dogs

This had never before been achieved with any other innovative therapies for diabetes. Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), led by Fàtima Bosch, have shown for the first time that it is possible to cure diabetes in large animals with a single session of gene therapy. As published this week in Diabetes, the principal journal for

UAB researchers cure type 1 diabetes in dogs

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Israel Emerges as Global Powerhouse in Rare Disease Research
on August 25, 2021 at 9:23 am
Experts say Israel’s prowess in diagnosing and treating rare diseases is a consequence of its unusual religious and ethnic makeup.
Philly is a force behind a new book that helps infants and adults alike share the joys of reading aloud
on August 24, 2021 at 6:40 am
A book designed to appeal to very young children — and help parents begin regularly reading to newborns, infants, and toddlers — has been published with the help of the William Penn Foundation.
Pediatricians say it's a 'no-no' to vaccinate children under 12 against COVID-19 – even though it's now legal
on August 24, 2021 at 3:04 am
Children under 12 have not yet been approved to receive any COVID-19 vaccine, despite the FDA's approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech shot on Monday.
Think Kids Outgrow ADHD? Research Says It’s Not Likely
on August 20, 2021 at 2:13 pm
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, previously known only as Attention Deficit Disorder, was once was called “hyperkinetic disease of infancy.” Doctors thought it only occurred in kids (who ...
‘We are in a state of emergency’: What's behind the rising suicide rate among Black kids
on August 20, 2021 at 7:01 am
Today, suicide is the second-leading cause of death among Black children ages 10 to 19. And that rate is rising faster for them than for any other racial or ethnic group.

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Health: The White House Says Boosters for All. Here’s What You Need to Know.
on August 20, 2021 at 10:30 am
The Biden administration announced plans Wednesday to offer boosters to all U.S. adults as soon as next month, saying that recent data, including some made available only in the past few days, played ...
Children with COVID-19 breathe out unique biomarkers, CHOP study finds
on August 11, 2021 at 1:21 pm
Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have identified six biomarkers in the breath of children infected with the coronavirus and four of them are specifically unique to children ...
Here's why now is one of the most dangerous times of the pandemic for children, expert says
on August 11, 2021 at 5:36 am
director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. In the meantime, Offit noted that children who are still too young to receive the vaccine are relying on the ...
Researchers develop coating for endotracheal tubes that releases antimicrobial peptides
on August 3, 2021 at 5:00 pm
In a proof-of-concept study, researchers have created a coating that can be applied to endotracheal tubes and release antimicrobial peptides that target infectious bacteria with specificity.
Fine Tuning Gene Therapy Expression Levels
on July 29, 2021 at 4:15 am
In a major advancement in the field of gene therapy for rare and devastating diseases, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed a “dimmer switch” system that can ...