Bay Area children with blood disorders could get faster access to clinical trials and emerging treatments through a new pediatric blood disorder research center at UCSF Benioff Children\u2019s Hospital Oakland, officials announced on Monday.<\/p>\n
Researchers at the pediatric blood disorder center will study conditions including sickle cell disease, thalassemia \u2014 a genetic blood disorder that can cause severe anemia \u2014 leukemia and bone marrow failure. It will be dedicated to quickly translating the research into therapies.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am most excited about research that moves these diseases closer to being cured,\u201d said Dr. Nicholas Holmes, president of UCSF Benioff Children\u2019s Hospitals and senior vice president of UCSF Health Children\u2019s Services.<\/p>\n
The center builds on decades of expertise already present at the hospital, he said.<\/p>\n
The hospital is home to one of the nation\u2019s leading thalassemia programs, a lab supporting newborn screening and diagnostic follow-up, and a long-standing sickle cell program that has helped pioneer patient care and research for decades.<\/p>\n
He said families will benefit because research will take place where patients already receive care, potentially increasing access to expert treatment, clinical trials and advanced therapies while improving coordination between diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat would bring the pediatric blood disorder research center full circle,\u201d Holmes said.<\/p>\n
More than $1 million in federal funding backs the center, officials announced Monday. The hospital will use the cash to invest in modern research infrastructure, Holmes said.<\/p>\n
Congresswoman Lateefah Simon, who helped secure the money, called the investment personal \u2013 her husband died from a rare leukemia.<\/p>\n
\u201cResearch and medical innovation save lives,\u201d Simon said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI look forward to seeing how this funding supports the work of incredible researchers and provides answers for families facing unimaginable health challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bay Area children with blood disorders could get faster access to clinical trials and emerging treatments through a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[141316,141315,141313,141317,7524,10533,141312,141318,143,145,141309,144,141308,116632,141310,141311,13785,141314],"class_list":["post-343598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-blood-disorders","tag-childrens-hospital-research","tag-community-project-funding","tag-east-bay-healthcare","tag-federal-funding","tag-lateefah-simon","tag-leukemia-research","tag-medical-research-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-healthcare","tag-oakland-news","tag-pediatric-blood-disorder-research-center","tag-pediatric-cancer-research","tag-sickle-cell-disease","tag-thalassemia","tag-ucsf-benioff-childrens-hospital-oakland","tag-ucsf-oakland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}