Existing cancer immunotherapies don’t work for most solid tumors. Knowing that tumors can edit their genes to evade immune control, Judy Lieberman and colleagues in our Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine took the first-ever comprehensive look at which genes are being edited. They then found a way to override the edits, restoring immune control over the tumor in a mouse model of breast cancer. This foundational work offers a roadmap for designing better immunotherapies. 👇
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Boston Children's Hospital is a 404-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Boston Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. (Our services can begin interventions at 15 weeks gestation and in some situations we also treat adults.) We have approximately 25,000 inpatient admissions each year and our 200+ specialized clinical programs schedule 557,000 visits annually. Last year, the hospital performed more than 26,500 surgical procedures and 214,000 radiological examinations. Our team of physicians and nurses has been recognized by a number of independent organizations for overall excellence, and we're proud to share some notable examples with you here.
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- Boston, MA
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- 1869
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- Research, Patient Services, Technology, Pediatrics, Hospital, and Innovation
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Employees at Boston Children's Hospital
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Andreas Ramos
Author of 22+ books on digital marketing | Adjunct Professor | Teach university-level AI-powered digital marketing at Omnes, CSTU, DMAnc | Graduate,…
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Chris Newell
Senior Director Organizational Development at Boston Children's Hospital
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Walter Pressey
Independent Director, Forsyth Institute
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Michael Edson
IT Manager, Virtual Care and DH Emerging Tech
Updates
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Could immunotherapy benefit children and teens with liver carcinoma? New research led by Allison O’Neill, MD, director of our Liver Tumor Center, suggests that a class of drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors might be an effective treatment option for a select group of these patients. 👇
Immunotherapy for kids: An option for childhood liver cancer? - Boston Children's Answers
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Drs. Anna Kirillova and Anna Maria Baglieri share insights on how optometrists can support neurodiverse individuals during their eye exams. Learn more in the Acuity Journal from the College of Optometrists 👇
How to support neurodiverse people in practice
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The highly complex interventions involved in fetal surgery leave “zero place for mistakes.” Learn how the team in our Maternal Fetal Care Center, in affiliation with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is collaborating with Immersive Design Systems to support clinical training and optimize patient care. 👇
‘Zero place for mistakes’: Taking fetal surgery to the next level with simulation - Boston Children's Answers
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The brain’s little-known immune organ in action: Huixin Xu, Maria Lehtinen, and colleagues document, in real time, how brain infection affects the choroid plexus and how the choroid plexus helps resolve the inflammation. “Technological advances allowed us to uncover this exciting biology that no one ever expected.” Shoutout to Jose Ordovas-Montanes and Peter Lotfy who made key contributions. 👇
Epithelial cells in the choroid plexus manage brain inflammation - Boston Children's Answers
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History in the making! 👏 Isaac is the first baby on the East Coast to undergo mini-laparotomy fetoscopic surgical repair of a neural tube defect while still in his mother’s womb — thanks to the team in our Maternal Fetal Care Center. Learn more about this innovative approach. 👇
Baby Isaac is thriving after an East Coast first for a neural tube defect - Boston Children's Answers
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Neurosurgery for drug-resistant epilepsy requires locating the precise brain areas generating the seizures. Typically, this entails 7-10 days of invasive intracranial EEG monitoring, waiting for seizures to occur. Eleonora Tamilia Eleonora Tamilia, PhD, and her colleagues have piloted a noninvasive method that combines standard scalp EEG readings, MRI data, and machine learning to locate the most seizure-prone brain regions and networks — within a matter of minutes. Tamilia now aims to validate these findings and define which patients with drug-resistant epilepsy are most likely to benefit from surgery. 👇
Mapping seizure zones before surgery, faster and noninvasively - Boston Children's Answers
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17 community organizations have been selected to receive funding through the Boston Children’s Collaboration for Community Health. 👏 This round of funding was in the Birth to Five Child Health and Development Initiative. A total of $5.9 million has been awarded for use over the next four years. These funded projects are supporting community partners in their efforts to improve the health and well-being of children from birth to five years of age. More info here: http://ms.spr.ly/6043liKac
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Exciting News from the Department of Neurology! We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD, as the new neurologist-in-chief and chair of the Department of Neurology, succeeding Scott Pomeroy, MD, PhD, after his nearly 20 years of exceptional leadership. 👏 Dr. Sahin is renowned for his groundbreaking work in the neurobiology of autism and translational studies for neurogenetic disorders, particularly Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC). His research has identified critical mechanisms underlying neuron mis-wiring in TSC, paving the way for potential therapeutic breakthroughs. Join us in congratulating Dr. Sahin on his new role and expressing our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Pomeroy for his incomparable service to pediatric neurology. Dr. Pomeroy will remain a member of our Neurology faculty, continuing his research projects, academic and teaching activities, and caring for patients at Boston Children’s for the foreseeable future. #PediatricNeurology #BostonChildrens #LeadershipAnnouncement
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