Innovation District: Latest Advances from Children's National

The best of 2022 from Innovation District
We’ve gathered our 10 most popular Innovation District articles from 2022. Read on for our full top 10 list.
Researcher to decipher how viruses affect the developing brain with nearly $1M NIH award
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Children’s National Hospital nearly $1M of research support toward uncovering the specific cellular response that happens inside a developing brain once it is infected with a virus.
Gene therapy offers potential long-term treatment for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2B
Researchers from Children’s National Hospital developed the first non-muscle targeted gene therapy that enhances diseased muscle fiber repair and improves muscle function.
Study with the largest cohort in the Western world sheds light on very rare disease
Children’s National Hospital experts provided a contemporary description of the epidemiology, clinical presentation and management of chronic active Epstein-Barr virus.

The Latest in Research and Innovation from Children’s National

Inducing strokes in newborns to treat hemimegalencephaly

February 3, 2023/by Innovation District

Innovation in clubfoot management using 3D anatomical mapping

February 1, 2023/by Innovation District

Gender Self-Report seeks to capture the gender spectrum for broad research applications

January 31, 2023/by Innovation District

Cardiovascular and bone diseases in chronic kidney disease

January 27, 2023/by Innovation District

Children’s National team develops trigger program for improved safety

January 24, 2023/by Innovation District

Unlocking treatments for neuroblastoma

January 23, 2023/by Innovation District

Extended rest might not always be best after a concussion

January 20, 2023/by Innovation District

Bear Institute Pediatric Accelerator Challenge for Kids winners announced

January 19, 2023/by Innovation District

President Biden, First Lady tour cardiac telehealth command center

January 18, 2023/by Innovation District

Harnessing children’s immune systems to fight their own brain tumors

January 13, 2023/by Innovation District

New model to treat Becker Muscular Dystrophy

January 12, 2023/by Innovation District

Profit facility status linked to longer wait times for kidney transplants

January 12, 2023/by Innovation District

Emerging trends in pediatric chronic kidney disease and how to address them

January 11, 2023/by Innovation District

News Briefs

June 15, 2021

For fifth year in a row, Children’s National Hospital nationally ranked a top 10 children’s hospital

November 5, 2020

Boeing gives $5 million to support Research & Innovation Campus

March 3, 2020

Yves d’Udekem, M.D., Ph.D., named Chief of Cardiac Surgery and Co-Director of the Children’s National Heart Institute

February 25, 2020

Thinking small for newborns with critical congenital heart disease

February 14, 2020

Keeping it Renal: Global Cuisine for Kids

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Perspectives From Our Doctors

November 15, 2022

In the news: People v. pediatric cancer

May 24, 2022

2022: Pediatric colorectal and pelvic reconstructive surgery today

March 10, 2022

Increasing access to autism spectrum disorder services through enhanced training

February 16, 2022

Changing the surgical evaluation of epilepsy

February 15, 2022

Tackling bias – the power of one

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