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Metabolic Disease

Published on
Oct 31, 2022
Liming Pei, PhD, studies how different organs react to energy cues and communicate with each other.

Our team at the Congenital Hyperinsulinism Center at CHOP is working on a research study to determine whether an experimental gene therapy product, DTX401, is safe and effective in people with glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSDIa)

Our team at the Congenital Hyperinsulinism Center at CHOP is working on a clinical drug trial that involves giving you a study drug called UX033.

Dr. Thomas is a pediatric neuropsychologist with research interests in the neuropsychological effects of medical conditions including leukodystrophies and other neurologic disease, pediatric sepsis, neurodermatoses, cardiac conditions, genetic disorders, and rheumatic and endocrine disorders.

E-mail:
thomasn [at] chop.edu

Dr. Pei's research aims to understand the molecular underpinnings of cardiac remodeling associated with cardiomyopathy and heart failure. He is particularly interested in two areas of cardiac remodeling: metabolic reprogramming, and secretion of heart-derived hormones to communicate with other organs.

E-mail:
peil [at] chop.edu
Published on
Dec 10, 2015
Laboratory medicine specialists in pediatrics have a lot in common with Santa’s elves.