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Researchers have rejuvenated aged hematopoietic stem cells to be functionally younger, offering intriguing clues into how medicine might one day fend off some of the ailments of old age.
A decade-long performance improvement project at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has resulted in a 43 percent decrease in mortality rates in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and a 34 percent decrease in hospital-wide mortality. The decrease in mortality rates also has earned for Cincinnati Children’s the RACE for Results performance improvement award from the national Children’s Hospital Association.
Nearly two-thirds of preterm infants are insufficient in vitamin D at birth but high amounts of vitamin D supplementation in pregnant women appear to be safe and effective in raising vitamin D levels to normal – in babies and their mothers, according to two studies being presented this week.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center will build a new 15-story facility on its Burnet campus. This new clinical sciences building will be located along Sabin Way, adjacent to and physically integrated with the research building that Cincinnati Children’s opened in 2007.
Researchers have taken a critical step in understanding how allergic reactions occur after identifying a genetic signature for regulation of a key immune hormone, interleukin (IL-13).
