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Researchers have comprehensively mapped the microenvironment of neuroblastoma, a highly lethal pediatric cancer, discovering that the tumors utilize surrounding immune cells as "bodyguards" and specific proteins as "shields" to evade natural cell death.
#Pediatric #Oncology #MolecularBiology #SpatialBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/ongy04012601.html

Shields and bodyguards: scientists uncover the hidden defences of a deadly childhood cancer

Neuroblastoma accounts for approximately 10 percent of all pediatric cancer deaths

راديو وياك | RadioWayak 6d ago

أعلنت #اللجنة التمهيدية لـ#نقابة #أطباء #السودان #مقتل #الطبيب بقسم #الأطفال في #مستشفى #نيالا محمد أحمد علي، ونعت #اللجنة في منشور على #فيسبوك مؤكدة مقتله على يد ضابط وأفراد من #الدعم #السريع داخل #منزله.

The #Preparatory #Committee of the #Sudan #Doctors #Union announced the #killing of the #pediatric #doctor at #Nyala #Hospital Mohamed Ahmed Ali, and mourned him in a post on #Facebook confirming he was killed by an officer and members of the #Rapid #Support #Forces inside his #home.

Scientific Frontline Mar 17

Performing vesicoamniotic shunt implantation during the first trimester of #pregnancy significantly improves survival rates and preserves kidney function in unborn children with congenital lower #urinary tract obstruction.
#PrenatalMedicine #FetalSurgery #Pediatric #Nephrology #DevelopmentalBiology #Medical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/med03172601.html

Early intervention in severe fetal megacystis can increase survival rate and kidney function

A prospective study on vesicoamniotic shunt implantation in the first trimester of pregnancy

blog.TO Mar 12

Toronto Children’s Hospital is a key partner of Paralympic hopeful’s journey
The right supports can make all the difference for kids with disabilities and their families.Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is aiming to shape the future of disability health care by creating a new standard of excellence in pediatric disability care, increasing access to care through research and e...
https://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2026/03/holland-bloorview-kids-rehabilitation-hospital-paralympics/

Scientific Frontline Mar 6

Severe #pediatric brain #tumors that develop in entirely distinct anatomical regions—such as the pineal gland, retina, and cerebellum—actually arise from the same type of immature precursor cell containing photoreceptor features.
#Oncology #Genetics #MolecularBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/ongy03062601.html

Different pediatric brain tumors originate from the same type of cell

Researchers have discovered that severe brain tumors in children that appear to be completely different actually arise from the same type of cell

John Pohl Feb 28

Large amount of offerings in my next installment of "From the Pediatric Literature" in the journal, Practical Gastroenterology. #openaccess #pediatric #gastroenterology

Items include:

-Hepatic hemagiomas

-Infant colic and atopy

-Ondansetron use in the pediatric ER

-Autoimmune hepatitis therapies

-Malrotation repair and outcomes

https://practicalgastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/From-the-Ped-Lit-January-2026.pdf

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Feb 12

‘What Did These Cuban Children Do to Trump?’: US #Embargo Blamed as Infant Mortality Soars
“Is there anything worse than a child dying of cancer when it was preventable?” asked one observer.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/cuba-infant-mortality

from #CommonDrreams
Brett Wilkins
Feb 12, 2026

The crisis is particularly dire among children with cancer. #Cuba’s free healthcare system—which prioritizes the health of the people instead of industry profits, as in the #US—once boasted a #pediatric cancer survival rate of 80%, on par with the world’s wealthy nations. Now that’s down to around 65% as the blockade has forced healthcare providers to modify treatment protocols and medications.

“The situation is very serious at the moment. It was already in terms of acquiring supplies and medicines. But now it is intensifying and complicated with other aspects,” Dr. Forteza Saéz, an oncologist at Havana’s University of Medical Sciences, told La Jornada...

#EndTheEmbargo
#news #politics #USpol #LatinAmerica #Caribbean

'What Did These Cuban Children Do to Trump?': US Embargo Blamed as Infant Mortality Soars | Common Dreams

The Trump administration's economic embargo on Cuba is causing a devastating rise in infant mortality rates. How many more innocent lives must be lost in the name of political agendas? The socialist government may have outlasted US presidents, but at what cost to its people? #Cuba #InfantMortality

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