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It took Henry Swenson nearly four months to set up more than 100,000 Christmas lights at his Topsfield home. 🏡💡Onlookers recently watched as he flipped the switch on this year’s display, which is raising funds for our Virtual Toy Drive Program. 🧩🎨🏈 Through New Year’s Eve, drive by or walk through and support patients spending the holiday season at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Learn more: www.bostonchildrens.org/toydrive 🎁
This Mass. Christmas light display is receiving national attention
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A large crowd of onlookers watched as the switch was flipped on this year's display, which features 100,000 Christmas lights.4 CommentsComment on Facebook
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Today, the FDA approved the first CRISPR therapy to treat sickle cell disease, developed at Boston Children's Hospital. Drs. Stu Orkin, Vijay Sankaran, and Daniel Bauer found that by editing a specific part of the DNA in a gene called BCL11A, they could activate hemoglobin proteins that support life in sickle cell patie#CRISPRR#SickleCellDiseasesease 🧬
How one lab's decadeslong search for the 'holy grail' of sickle cell led to the first CRISPR therapy
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In a 2008 issue of Science, just a page apart, were the two crucial discoveries that would form the cure for sickle cell disease. Stuart Orkin, a hematologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, had publ...1 CommentComment on Facebook
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Shop and Give Back to Boston Children's this holiday season! 💙🛍️ When you shop for custom sneakers, hardware, fuel, food, gift cards and more, your purchase and change donation will help sick kids and their families when it's needed most. 💝
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’Tis the season… for sniffles, coughs, and sore throats. ❄️ Here’s how to know whether a cold, the flu, COVID, or something else might be to blame for your child’s symptoms. 🤒 And get more insight into how to prevent common viral infections from our last YouTube Live event. Watch it here: ms.spr.ly/6180iR1cg
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Buddy the Elf, what’s your favorite color? 🎄Our patients had a very special visit yesterday when Jeremy Swayman, Jake DeBrusk, and Pavel Zacha from the Boston Bruins stopped in! We are always so thankful to them for coming by and for bringing some light and joy to our patients this holiday season 💙
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The history of cystic fibrosis diagnosis
In 1955, Dr. Harry Shwachman, head of Boston Children’s Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, developed the first practical sweat test to diagnose cystic fibrosis (CF). It involved encasing the patient’s body in a plastic bag to collect sweat, then using the pictured device to measure levels of salt in the sample. Cystic fibrosis causes sweat to be 2-5 times saltier than average. The sweat test allowed for much simpler and earlier diagnosis of CF, crucial to effective treatment. A version of it is still the main diagnostic tool used today.
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