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January 13, 2015
Researchers at SickKids led the largest genetic analysis of children with adrenocortical cancer, a rare cancer which occurs predominantly in infants and young children and in adults over 60 years old.
January 7, 2015
SickKids advice for a Healthier 2015
As the new year begins, it is a perfect time to make some small positive changes in day-to-day life. Check out this video for some advice from experts at SickKids for a healthier 2015.
January 5, 2015
A Canadian research team led by SickKids has developed an integrated functional and genomic analysis technique to study the different behaviours of individual human cells within a patient-specific glioblastoma.
February 17, 2009
Paediatric world first – SickKids team performs lifesaving lung procedure
16-year-old patient back in action at school and soccer field
February 18, 2007
Canadian scientists lead international autism genome discoveries
Autism-causing genes linked to a special group of neurons
August 1, 2004
Surprising discovery reveals gains or losses of large segments of DNA in healthy people
Scientists at SickKids, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School have made the unexpected discovery that significant differences can exist in the overall content of DNA and genes contained in individual genomes. These findings point to possible new explanations for individual uniqueness as well as why disease develops.