Infants With Leukemia Inherit Susceptibility

CDI-funded research, presented at the 2013 CDI Investor Symposium and recently published in the online journal Leukemia, indicates that babies with leukemia have inherited a genetic predisposition that makes them highly susceptible to the disease. ...Learn More

P.J.'s Story

February is American Heart Month. Read about the innovative work CDI researchers are doing to make congenital heart disease a thing of the past. ...Learn More

New Study Discovers Antibiotic Resistant Genes in Healthy Kids

CDI-funded researcher Gautam Dantas, PhD, and his colleagues found that microbes in the intestinal tracks of American children have numerous antibiotic resistance genes. The results of this recently published study raises red flags about the future effectiveness of antibiotics. ...Learn More

Understanding RSV

Researcher Gaya Amarasinghe, PhD, and his collaborators are using a novel approach to pave the way for designing vaccines for the ubiquitous virus, RSV....Learn More

On a Mission to Improve Diabetes Drugs

Today, more than one-third of our nation’s children and adolescents are overweight or obese, putting them at increased risk for developing type-2 diabetes. Cutting-edge methods to study the structure of a specific protein pave the way for better treatments....Learn More

CDI Hosts First Visiting Investigator In the spirit of its collaborative vision, the Children’s Discovery Institute sponsored its first visiting researcher in January: David Ingram, MD, the Hugh McK Landon Professor of Pediatrics and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, director of the Section of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine.... CDI More Info

CDI Awards $3.1 Million in New Pediatric Research Grants Washington University School of Medicine researchers in pediatric lung disease, childhood cancer, malaria and short bowel syndrome will share $3.1 million in new research grants from the Children’s Discovery Institute (CDI). A total of 10 new studies, selected by the CDI’s scientific advisory board, will begin in February. ... CDI More Info

New Guidelines for Malnutrition Informed by CDI Researcher When looking to create new guidelines for treating malnutrition, the World Health Organization (WHO) turned to Mark Manary, MD, recently funded by the CDI to study environmental enteropathy and best known for his "Project Peanut Butter."... CDI More Info

2013 CDI Investor Symposium Highlights The sixth annual CDI Symposium gave investors a glimpse into the minds and work of just some of the talented researchers at the Children's Discovery Institute... CDI More Info

New CDI-Funded Forum Accelerates Pediatric Research The Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS), with funding from the Children’s Discovery Institute (CDI), created the Research Forum-Child Health (RF-CH) to facilitate and expedite pediatric medical research from bench to bedside. ... CDI More Info