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Children and families who come to Children's receive the most advanced care in the world. Our scientists are finding the genetic causes of autism, and most recently have developed 10 new disease-based stem cell lines that can be used to study treatments for diseases ranging from Parkinson's to Diabetes. They are creating new and successful treatments for short bowl syndrome that are being adopted across the world, pushing boundaries on successful treatment for childhood cancers by leading multicenter clinical trials for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and lowering mortality rates for severe heart defects by introducing new non-invasive and surgical treatments.
Adults also are benefiting from the research that Children's scientists are doing at the bench side. The field of angiogenesis, which was founded by Judah Folkman, MD, boasts 10-FDA approved drugs for treatment of cancer.
Despite the fact that the hospital draws all this public and private funding for research to the area, there is still a shortfall in what it costs to support the research infrastructure and what the hospital receives in grant funding. In FY'08, that number was a $13 million loss.
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