Stories/Press Releases

Choc Children’s Receives $3 Million NIH Award To Use Stem Cells To Study The Impact Of Autism On The Living Brain

By Generating Brain Cells from Donated Skin Cells, CHOC Children’s Will Also Establish A Unique Neural Cell Bank for the Autism Research Community.

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Meet Dr. Abdenur

José Abdenur, MD, is medical director of Metabolic Services at CHOC Children’s and chief of the Metabolic Disorders Division for the CHOC Physician Subspecialty Faculty.

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Cancer Institute at the Leading Edge of Medicine

In 1948, Dr. Sidney Farber achieved the first clinical remission with chemotherapy ever reported for childhood leukemia, ushering in the era of modern oncology.

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Endowments Provide Lasting Support for CHOC

In 1996, Susan and Jim Swenson of Dana Point, CA, created an endowment at CHOC Children’s to provide financial assistance to families whose children were being treated at CHOC.

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CHOC Orthopaedic Institute on the Leading Edge of Medicine

The CHOC Children’s Orthopaedic Institute—the only pediatric orthopaedic program of its kind in the region—continues to grow in its third year with new programs and surgical innovations.

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Yale Anesthesiologist Brings NIH Pain Studies to CHOC Children's

Collaboration between CHOC Children’s and UC Irvine has brought a Yale anesthesiologist and two National Institutes of Health (NIH) studies to Orange County.  Zeev Kain, M.D., is a recognized international expert in the clinical management of surgery-related anxiety and pain in children undergoing invasive medical procedures.

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Stem Cell Therapies For Pediatric Diseases and Injuries - 3rd Annual Symposium at CHOC Children’s

CHOC Children’s Annual Symposium Highlights Urgent Need and Near-Term Potential for Stem Cell Therapies in Fatal Childhood Diseases

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