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Kids First 2023 Data Release Bridges Childhood Cancer, Structural Birth Defects, and Down Syndrome

Kids First 2023 Data Release Bridges Childhood Cancer, Structural Birth Defects, and Down Syndrome

The Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program is pleased to announce a new release for its publicly available data.
Two Body images: How it started. How it's going (a cover of the Nature magazine).

Refining Our Body Image

Since humans first made the connection between the ailments they were feeling and issues with their bodies, they have been fascinated by...
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Structural Birth Defects Data Releases from the Gabriella Miller Kids First Program in 2023

The Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program is pleased to announce a series of new releases for its publicly available data in structural birth defects.
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Mapping Connections Between Drugs, Genes, and Birth Defects

Parental exposure to some environmental pollutants, foods, cosmetics, and drugs may affect fetal development and lead to birth defects.
Image of a digital outline of a nerve cell on a dark background.

The ASCENT to Accurate Digital Simulations of Nerve Stimulation

SPARC-funded research led by Dr. Warren Grill has developed a tool called Automated Simulations to Characterize Electrical Nerve Thresholds (ASCENT).
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Cancer Data Release from the Gabriella Miller Kids First Program in 2023

The Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program is pleased to announce a new data release for its publicly available data from childhood cancer research.
The FIRST program's logo.

Third Round of NIH FIRST Cohort Awardees Announced

The NIH Common Fund FIRST program announced its third round of awards to enhance diversity and inclusion among biomedical faculty. These awards provide funds to recruit diverse cohorts of early-stage research faculty and establish inclusive environments to help those faculty succeed. The new set of four awards totals more than $64 million over five years, pending availability of funds.
A2CPS program logo.

A2CPS Team Publishes Candidate Markers of Chronic Pain

Chronic pain affects over 100 million people in the U.S. alone.

Gabriella Miller Kids First Program Featured at the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council

Aiming to help researchers uncover new insights into the biology of childhood cancer and structural birth defects, including the discovery of shared genetic pathways between these disorders.
DNA Bases and Magnifying Glass.

Zooming in on Genome Structure

Dr. Anders Hansen has created a method called Region Capture Micro-C (RCMC) that maps physical interactions in the genome at 100 times higher resolution than existing approaches.

This page last reviewed on September 22, 2023