Decoding cellular signals linked to hypospadias | Children's National

Decoding cellular signals linked to hypospadias | Children's National

Children’s National ranked No. 6 overall and No. 1 for newborn care by U.S. News Children’s National is the nation’s No. 6 children’s hospital and, for the third year in a row, its neonatology program is No.1 among all children’s hospitals providing newborn intensive care, according to the U.S. News Best Children’s Hospitals annual rankings for 2019-20. This is also the ninth straight year that Children's National has ranked in all 10 specialty services, with five specialty service areas ranked among the top 10.

Experimental fertility preservation provides hope for young men For patients with no sperm to bank or who are too sick or stressed to bank sperm, the experimental procedure of freezing testicular tissue in anticipation that future cell- or tissue-based therapies can generate sperm is the only option. Recent research in experimental models indicates that such testicular tissue biopsies contain stem cells, blank slate cells, hinting at the potential of generating sperm from biopsied tissue. Two-stage orchiopexy: making sure families follow through Urologists at Children's National suspected that many patients who received the first part of a two-stage orchiopexy were not coming back for the second surgery. However, when they looked at the medical records from all patients at Children’s who had the two-stage laparascopic orchiopexy procedure over the past decade they discovered that almost all patients go on to receive the second stage. Decoding the cellular signals linked to hypospadias Daniel Casella, M.D., was honored with an AUA Mid-Atlantic Section William D. Steers, M.D. Award, which provides two years of dedicated research funding that he will use to better understand the genetic causes for hypospadias. Dr. Casella has identified a unique subset of cells in the developing urethra that have stopped dividing but remain metabolically active and are thought to represent a novel signaling center. Children’s National and Johnson & Johnson launch JLABS In April, Children’s National and Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC announced a collaboration to launch JLABS @ Washington, DC, a 32,000-square foot facility that will be located at the new Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus. The new site will serve as an incubator for pharmaceutical, medical device, consumer and health technology companies.

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