Long-sought genetic model of common infant leukemia described
After nearly two decades of unsuccessful attempts, researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine and the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have created the first mouse model for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Growing up on an Amish farm protects children against asthma by reprogramming immune cells
By probing the differences between two farming communities-the Amish of Indiana and the Hutterites of South Dakota--researchers find that house dust differences between the two can affect immune development.
Sports medicine specialist treats musicians' soft tissue and tendon damage
Pediatric sports medicine specialist Holly Benjamin, MD, thinks of the young musicians she treats as athletes.