Leukodystrophy Center of Excellence News & Announcements

Researchers from CHOP and Penn gathered to share the latest in autism research and to highlight new opportunities for future collaboration.

This week’s In The News highlights the legacy of Dr. Audrey Evans, newly elected AACR fellows, and a novel approach for rare disease.

In research news, CHOP researchers honored, investigators reveal molecular cause of allergic trigger for eosinophilic esophagitis, and more.

November's Faculty Spotlight takes us into the lab of Mariko Bennett, MD, PhD, who studies microglial interactions to develop therapies for brain diseases.

While unable to speak, patients can understand parents and caregivers, paving the way for future clinical trial design.

At CHOP’s Leukodystrophy Center, researchers are aiming to reduce the length of the prolonged diagnostic odyssey that many patients with MLD encounter.

Many of the great minds at CHOP convened on April 30 and May 1 to share how their research is expanding our understanding of pediatric neuroscience.

In this guest blog, Sunetra Sase, PhD, discusses the CHOP Postdoctoral Alliance Women in Science Committee.

This week’s roundup features research exploring the value of well care as voiced by Black adolescent males and their parents. This and more In The News.

A JAK inhibitor helped patients with Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome meet important developmental milestones.

New insights into Aicardi-Goutières syndrome propel experts to establish qualified outcome measures for clinical drugs.

One year after Drew's leukodystrophy diagnosis at CHOP, the Norton family is having an "amazing run."

A special space is open on the walls of Adeline Vanderver, MD's, new office for a framed collage of "Commander" Massimo "Mo" Damiani, a toddler wearing an orange jumpsuit who looks ready to join a NASA astronaut team. Dr. Vanderver, a child neurologist…

This week’s stories span discovery (of a potential treatment for rare blood diseases), inspiration (from a mother who transformed grief over her daughter’s terminal disease into a foundation helping other families), and finding practical clinical insight (to distinguish a…