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Research at Boston Children's Hospital

The research enterprise at Boston Children’s Hospital, comprising more than 3,000 researchers, is the world’s largest at a pediatric center. Our work is fueled by a deep understanding of disease biology coupled with world-class discovery platforms, including genetics and genomics, gene editing, bioinformatics, proteomics, bioengineering, image analysis, biobanks, disease-specific stem cell lines, and a range of animal models. We have special expertise in rare disease discovery, a robust Translational Research Program and large, diverse patient populations for clinical research and trials.

Featured news and research

Mending injured hearts: Lessons from newborns?

We can’t regenerate our heart tissue, but newborns can do so in mouse models. The lab of Miao Cui, PhD, seeks to capture those regeneration-friendly factors and harness them therapeutically.

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The journey to a treatment for hereditary spastic paraplegia

A parent and the lab of Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari, MD, PhD, team up and discover a small-molecule drug that could treat several forms of hereditary spastic paraplegia.

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Robert Langer, ScD receives Kavli Award in Nanoscience

Robert Langer, ScD, chairs the Research Committee on our Board of Trustees. A longtime MIT faculty member, he also made contributions to angiogenesis in the lab of the late Judah Folkman, MD.
 

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