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Early Confirmation of Spine Deformities Improves Prenatal Counseling
With unparalleled level of expertise in prenatal diagnosis of spine deformities, our team is able to more accurately predict a child’s prognosis, explain the long-term impact, and discuss potential treatment options after birth.
Can Vitamins and Supplements Help Patients with Mitochondrial Disease?
Lacking effective drug treatments, patients with mitochondrial disease may use many vitamins and supplements — most of which are unregulated and untested.
New Care Guidelines Cover Patients with Mitochondrial Disease
Physicians who see patients with mitochondrial disease have a practical new tool: the first published care standards to guide clinical care.
Altered Mitochondria Associated with Increased Autism Risk
Mitochondria, your cells’ power engines, could pay a key role in the development of autism spectrum disorder.
Dr. Douglas Wallace Receives the Franklin Medal in Life Science from the Franklin Institute
CHOP’s Douglas Wallace, a world-renowned pioneer in mitochondrial biology, received the 2017 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science at the Franklin Institute.
Screening for Scoliosis
When is the right time to screen for scoliosis, what should you look for during an exam, and what actions should you take? John "Jack" Flynn, MD, chief of Orthopedics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia offers some guidance.
CHOP’s Dr. Douglas Wallace Inducted into Italian Academy of Sciences
Dr. Wallace, a world expert in mitochondrial medicine, has joined the Italian Academy of Sciences. Other members of the Academy have included Einstein and Franklin.
Tiny Mitochondria Play Outsized Role in Human Evolution
Mitchondria, the tiny structures that are power plants of our cells, may have helped humans and other mammals adapt and evolve over the eons.
Novel Treatments Emerging for Human Mitochondrial Diseases
Using lithium and other drugs in cell and animal models, CHOP researchers may have broken a logjam in devising effective treatments for mitochondrial diseases.
Rapid Recovery Pathway for Idiopathic Scoliosis
Can children head home just a few days after major spine surgery, with their pain under control? Healthcare providers at CHOP changed their method of care to make it possible for their adolescent patients.