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January 7, 2015

SickKids advice for a Healthier 2015

As the new year begins, it is a perfect time to make some small positive changes in day-to-day life. Check out this video for some advice from experts at SickKids for a healthier 2015.

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January 5, 2015

Understanding a complex brain cancer: SickKids-led study links genetics of cells with diverse growth and drug-resistant behaviours within the same tumour

A Canadian research team led by SickKids has developed an integrated functional and genomic analysis technique to study the different behaviours of individual human cells within a patient-specific glioblastoma.

Young teenage girl with a bandage on her face smiling while seated in a wheelchair, wearing a hospital gown with medical tubes visible around her neck area.

February 17, 2009

Paediatric world first – SickKids team performs lifesaving lung procedure

16-year-old patient back in action at school and soccer field

A researcher in a white lab coat standing in a laboratory with scientific equipment.

February 18, 2007

Canadian scientists lead international autism genome discoveries

Autism-causing genes linked to a special group of neurons

August 1, 2004

Surprising discovery reveals gains or losses of large segments of DNA in healthy people

Scientists at SickKids, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School have made the unexpected discovery that significant differences can exist in the overall content of DNA and genes contained in individual genomes. These findings point to possible new explanations for individual uniqueness as well as why disease develops.

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