Articles tagged with 'clinical research' | Checkup Newsroom

Children and teens with Dravet syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy, have new hope following treatment with an investigative therapy that alters the effects of the genetic abnormality responsible for their condition.Following treatment, children …

A pioneering collaboration between Cook Children’s Health Care System and The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is paving the way for research that will shape pediatric brain health and treatment now and for generations, while also building a …

Just weeks before Sarah Ellen Beavers was due to give birth, she still did not know where she would deliver her first child.She and her husband, Zach Beavers, spoke with numerous hospitals, but none would take them. Most places were either not …

Running around too much or getting too hot used to trigger seizures several times a week for 8-year-old Sebastian Ruiz.But since he started new investigational treatment through a clinical study at Cook Children’s, the seizures happen less often -- …

Researchers from Cook Children’s used artificial intelligence (AI) to develop an innovative tool that precisely identifies the area of the brain where seizures originate in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.Their findings were published in March …

By Ashley AntleCook Children’s Neuroscience Research Center, led by Christos Papadelis, PhD, is the recipient of a $50,000 research grant funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the National Pediatric Rehabilitation Resource …

World Sickle Cell Awareness Day falls on June 19, a time to highlight new advances in treating the genetic disorder.Two Cook Children’s patients underwent gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD) in 2024 through a clinical trial. The goal …

From a best-selling book to a movie starring Harrison Ford to President Donald Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress, Megan Crowley’s life has made for a compelling story. Megan and her brother Patrick battle Pompe …