World-leading research institutions join forces to find better treatments for pediatric diseases
Ahead of Rare Disease Day (28 February), four leading children s research institutions on three continents are joining forces to decipher pediatric illnesses, including rare diseases, and find better treatments.
The four pediatric hospitals Boston Children s Hospital; UCL Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital (London); the Murdoch Children s Research Institute with The Royal Children s Hospital (Melbourne); and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto are working together to evaluate genomic data, clinical data from patients, and scientific and medical expertise to accelerate discovery and therapeutic development.
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Ahead of Rare Disease Day (28 February), four leading children s research institutions on three continents are joining forces to decipher paediatric illnesses, including rare diseases, and find better treatments.
The four paediatric hospitals Boston Children s Hospital; UCL Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital (London); the Murdoch Children s Research Institute with The Royal Children s Hospital (Melbourne); and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto are working together to evaluate genomic data, clinical data from patients, and scientific and medical expertise to accelerate discovery and therapeutic development.
The partnership, known as the International Precision Child Health Partnership (IPCHiP), is the first major global collaboration around genomics and child health. The founding partners anticipate that additional institutions will join the collaboration in the future.
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