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Isis Pharmaceuticals provides update on ISIS-SMN Rx Phase 2 study in children with SMA

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today provided an update on children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) who have completed the open-label, Phase 2 multiple-dose study of ISIS-SMN Rx and are continuing to receive treatment in an open-label extension (OLE) study.

22 Jun 2015

Elsevier's first ever Harriet Lane Essay Contest focuses on advancements in pediatric care

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced a call for submissions for the first ever Harriet Lane Essay Contest. Participants will submit a 500-word essay on the advancements in pediatric care as reflected in The Harriet Lane Handbook.

22 Jun 2015

Preventing neutrophils from producing NETs can accelerate wound healing in diabetic mice

One of the body's tools for fighting off infection in a wound may actually slow down the healing process, according to new research by a team of Harvard University, Boston Children's Hospital, and Penn State University scientists.

19 Jun 2015

International researchers identify previously unknown genetic immunodeficiency

An analysis of five families has revealed a previously unknown genetic immunodeficiency, says an international team led by researchers from Boston Children's Hospital. The condition, linked to mutations in a gene called DOCK2, deactivates many features of the immune system and leaves affected children open to a unique pattern of aggressive, potentially fatal infections early in life.

19 Jun 2015

Researchers track down key gene mutation responsible for causing acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Two medical researchers from the Children's Hospital of Michigan and the Wayne State University School of Medicine have published the results of a nearly 10-year investigation that identified a key gene mutation that can trigger acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or ALL, and several other types of cancer.

18 Jun 2015

DCRI announces new study to better understand lipid management

At a time when lipid management in the United States is undergoing transition in response to new guideline recommendations and expanding lipid-lowering therapy options, the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) today announced a new study to better understand contemporary lipid management as well as the beliefs and attitudes of patient and providers regarding cholesterol, cardiovascular risk assessment, and options for lipid treatments.

17 Jun 2015

Pulmatrix announces new inhaled anti-infective therapy to treat CF-associated fungal infections

Pulmatrix, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative inhaled therapies for serious pulmonary diseases, today announced a new drug candidate, PUR1900, an inhaled anti-infective to treat fungal infections associated with cystic fibrosis (CF).

16 Jun 2015

Stress and worry of premature birth does not affect mother's parenting behaviour

The stress and worry of giving birth prematurely does not adversely affect a mother's parenting behaviour, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.

16 Jun 2015

Scientists find way to accelerate wound healing in diabetic mice

One of the body's own tools for preventing wound infections may actually interfere with wound healing, according to new research from Boston Children's Hospital. In a study published online in Nature Medicine, scientists from the hospital's Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine found they could speed up wound healing in diabetic mice by keeping immune cells called neutrophils from producing bacteria-trapping neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs).

15 Jun 2015

Novartis announces FDA approval of Promacta for treatment of children with chronic ITP

Novartis announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved Promacta (eltrombopag) for the treatment of children six years and older with chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) who have had an insufficient response to corticosteroids, immunoglobulins or splenectomy. Promacta was approved by the FDA in 2008 for use in adult patients with the same condition.

15 Jun 2015

Poll: 60% of U.S. adults favor complete ban on powdered alcohol

After this year's legalization of powdered alcohol, some states have already banned it -- a move that the majority of the public supports, according to a new University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.

15 Jun 2015

Study seeks to determine environmental factors that protect against asthma, allergies

Researchers in the University of Arizona's BIO5 Institute have entered into a collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Consumer & Personal Products and Janssen Biotech Inc. to leverage foundational discovery research aimed at determining environmental factors that underlie asthma and allergies.

12 Jun 2015

Common antibiotic azithromycin effectively kills many multidrug-resistant bacteria

Contrary to current medical dogma, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences report that the common antibiotic azithromycin kills many multidrug-resistant bacteria very effectively — when tested under conditions that closely resemble the human body and its natural antimicrobial factors.

11 Jun 2015

Study reveals new information about role of abdominal fat in teens with CAH

Researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have demonstrated that adolescents and young adults with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) have significantly increased amounts of abdominal fat tissue, placing them at greater risk for harmful conditions linked to obesity, including cardiovascular disease (CVD).

11 Jun 2015

New research shows that risky outdoor play good for children's health

New research from UBC and the Child & Family Research Institute at BC Children's Hospital shows that risky outdoor play is not only good for children's health but also encourages creativity, social skills and resilience.

11 Jun 2015

Surgeons perform breakthrough operation to separate six-month-old conjoined Haitian twins

On Friday, May 22, an 18-member team of physicians and nurses from Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) led an international collaboration to separate a pair of six-month-old conjoined Haitian twins, the first such operation ever performed on Haitian soil.

11 Jun 2015

UC San Diego researchers launch clinical trial to evaluate safety, efficacy of suramin drug for autism

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have launched a clinical trial to investigate the safety and efficacy of an unprecedented drug therapy for autism.

11 Jun 2015

Short educational program in Kenya improves boys' and men's attitudes toward women

In Kenya, where rape and violence against women are rampant, a short educational program produced lasting improvements in teenage boys' and young men's attitudes toward women, a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has found.

10 Jun 2015

UT Southwestern researchers reveal how the body controls glucose transport

UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have gleaned a key cellular mechanism of how the body adjusts glucose levels, an important process that when abnormal can promote diabetes, cancer, and rare genetic diseases.

10 Jun 2015

Phase 2 study of AR101 meets primary endpoint in patients with peanut allergy

Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing desensitization treatments for food allergies, announced today that a Phase 2 study (ARC001) evaluating the company's lead investigational product, AR101 for the treatment of peanut allergy, met its primary endpoint and additional endpoint of desensitizing patients to cumulative amounts of peanut protein of 443 mg and 1,043 mg, respectively.

10 Jun 2015

Pediatrics News and Research

Latest Pediatrics News and Research

Isis Pharmaceuticals provides update on ISIS-SMN Rx Phase 2 study in children with SMA

Elsevier's first ever Harriet Lane Essay Contest focuses on advancements in pediatric care

Preventing neutrophils from producing NETs can accelerate wound healing in diabetic mice

International researchers identify previously unknown genetic immunodeficiency

Researchers track down key gene mutation responsible for causing acute lymphoblastic leukemia

DCRI announces new study to better understand lipid management

Pulmatrix announces new inhaled anti-infective therapy to treat CF-associated fungal infections

Stress and worry of premature birth does not affect mother's parenting behaviour

Scientists find way to accelerate wound healing in diabetic mice

Novartis announces FDA approval of Promacta for treatment of children with chronic ITP

Poll: 60% of U.S. adults favor complete ban on powdered alcohol

Study seeks to determine environmental factors that protect against asthma, allergies

Common antibiotic azithromycin effectively kills many multidrug-resistant bacteria

Study reveals new information about role of abdominal fat in teens with CAH

New research shows that risky outdoor play good for children's health

Surgeons perform breakthrough operation to separate six-month-old conjoined Haitian twins

UC San Diego researchers launch clinical trial to evaluate safety, efficacy of suramin drug for autism

Short educational program in Kenya improves boys' and men's attitudes toward women

UT Southwestern researchers reveal how the body controls glucose transport

Phase 2 study of AR101 meets primary endpoint in patients with peanut allergy

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