Pediatric Research
No matter how difficult life gets, the important thing to remember is to live it with hope - Topanga (Boy Meets World)
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Resisting Pediatric Research and Missing Chances for Cures
In Colorado, a scientist places a needle in a developing embryo. He removes the cells and melts them to isolate pure DNA. Then he experiments on that DNA. This is the earliest research we can perform on a human. They select a child free of the perils of breast cancer and then implant that child into her mother. After the medical meddling, she becomes pregnant.
A thousand miles away, in rural Mississippi, an HIV positive mother gives birth. This mother couldn’t be more different from the one in Colorado. She’s received none of the benefits of prenatal care, none of the drugs that might possibly spare her newborn from a lifetime of HIV. Desperate, her doctors do something they…
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The Next 7 Great Achievements in Pediatric Research
The “7 Great Achievements in Pediatric Research” campaign noted discoveries in the past 40 years that have improved child and adult health in the United States and around the globe. This article predicts the next 7 great pediatric research advancements, including new immunizations, cancer immunotherapy, genomic discoveries, identification of early antecedents of adult health, impact of specific social–environmental influences on biology and health, quality improvement science, and implementation and dissemination research to reduce global poverty.
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7 Great Achievements in Pediatric Research
From developing groundbreaking treatments for deadly chronic diseases to saving babies who are born premature, pediatric researchers have increased the ability of children to live full and fulfilling lives that only a few decades before would have been tragically cut short.
Action Medical Research
We are the leading UK charity funding vital research to help defeat the diseases that devastate the lives of sick and disabled babies, children and young people
Society for Pediatric Research
The Pediatric Research Foundation is a support foundation (501(c)3) which has been established by the American Pediatric Society and Society for Pediatric Research to help secure the future of the societies. Through the Foundation, we have established a goal of raising a two million dollar endowment.
Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation
The Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation identifies and invests in leading edge research that demonstrates the best hope for a cure to childhood cancer.
Pediatric Research in Office Settings
Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS), founded in 1986, is the practice-based research network of the AAP. Its mission is to improve the health of children and enhance primary care practice by conducting and fostering national collaborative practice-based research.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
Child Neurology Foundation
The Child Neurology Foundation is the outreach and philanthropic arm of the Child Neurology Society, providing information, educational opportunities, and advocacy for child neurologists and other medical professionals and for patients, parents, and member groups dealing with an array of neurologic conditions.
Children's Leukemia Research Association
Each year, CLRA's Medical Advisory Committee reviews submitted research proposals from doctors nationwide. Using your dollars from contributions, we fund research grants for doctors who are conducting the most promising research into leukemia, in the hopes of isolating the causes, and finding a cure for this dread disease.
American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
We are a multidisciplinary scientific society devoted to the study of cerebral palsy and other childhood onset disabilities, to promoting professional education for the treatment and management of these conditions, and to improving the quality of life for people with these disabilities.
Leukemia Research Foundation
The LRF expanded its mission to include blood cancers other than leukemia - we provide research and help those with lymphoma, and myelodysplastic syndromes as well.
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation
The Foundation's mission is to improve the quality of life for people affected by OI through research to find treatments and a cure, education, awareness, and mutual support.
United Leukodystrophy Foundation
The ULF is committed to the identification, treatment and cure of all leukodystrophies through programs of education, advocacy, research and service.
