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May 11, 2017
The threat of polio in conflict-affected areas of Pakistan can be reduced through a package of community-based strategies integrating maternal child health services and routine immunizations, according to a new study.
Updating risk classification to help tailor treatments for neuroblastoma globally
July 29, 2021
New research co-led by SickKids and CHOP offers a new classification system to help clinicians more precisely assess risk and tailor treatment for children with neuroblastoma.
September 4, 2020
A team led by SickKids researchers and the University of Toronto has found that mothers of preterm babies have highly individual breast milk microbiomes, and that even short courses of antibiotics have prolonged effects on the diversity and …
January 8, 2018
Four researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) will receive over $12 million in funding through the Ontario Research Fund, announced today by the Honourable Reza Moridi, Minister of Research, Innovation and Science.
April 21, 2021
International research team used exosomes from amniotic fluid stem cells in animal models and human lung cells to treat underdeveloped fetal lungs, restarting growth and normal functioning.
SickKids researchers ‘model’ future of precision medicine for rare inherited disorders
March 16, 2021
SickKids study shows promising proof-of-concept for an innovative CRISPR-Cas9 treatment strategy.
Intermittent monitoring of stabilized bronchiolitis is best approach, SickKids-led study finds
March 3, 2021
A SickKids-led randomized clinical trial found intermittent pulse oximetry monitoring of infants with stabilized bronchiolitis is preferred to continuous pulse oximetry monitoring.
Study suggests whole genome sequencing should be primary genetic test for patients
January 13, 2016
A new study compared standard genetic testing to whole genome sequencing in 100 patient cases at SickKids and found that whole genome sequencing identified genetic variants that could help with diagnosis in more than a third of the patients.
Going ‘outside the box’ to explain different symptoms in people with the same DNA deletion syndrome
November 9, 2020
Even when genetic conditions can be clearly traced to a root cause in the DNA, how those conditions present can vary. A team from the International 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Brain Behavior Consortium (IBBC), led by SickKids, discovered they needed …
November 25, 2021
Researchers have identified for the first time a potential biomarker that could be used as a predictive tool in the care of children with CFSPID, an inconclusive cystic fibrosis diagnosis.
