Calming the Itch of Liver Disease
December 3, 2024
A new class of drugs can relieve itching for cholestatic childhood liver disease and potentially lengthen time until a liver transplant is necessary.
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Study Shows Changes to Organ Allocation Policy Reduced Waiting Time and Increased Transplants for Children With Pediatric Acute Liver Failure
October 2, 2024
CHLA-led study shows reducing disparities in assigning livers for transplant improved outcomes for patients with pediatric acute liver failure.
What is Liver Transplant Rejection?
September 11, 2024
Receiving a liver transplant means also living with the possibility of rejection. Transplant rejection occurs when the body’s immune system attacks the new organ. This risk is highest in the first
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Researchers Probe Immune Microenvironment to Prevent Pediatric Liver Transplant Rejection
April 15, 2024
CHLA researchers use imaging mass cytometry analysis of biopsies to find potential biomarkers that can predict transplant rejection.
Researchers Uncover Social and Economic Factors That Influence Acute Liver Failure in Children—and Ways to Overcome Them
February 13, 2024
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles research study uncovers socioeconomic factors that can impact outcomes of patients with pediatric acute liver failure (PALF).
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Researchers Develop Clinical Tool to Predict if a Child in Acute Liver Failure Will Need a Transplant
October 23, 2023
Novel decision tool for pediatric acute liver failure predicts the urgency of transplant need.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles App Predicts Transplant Urgency for Children in Acute Liver Failure
October 23, 2023
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles researchers develop app to predict if children with acute liver failure will need an urgent liver transplant or can recover on their own.
A Potential Biomarker for Pediatric Acute Liver Failure
June 1, 2023
Study finds that T-cells expressing PD-1 may help predict recovery in children with acute liver failure.
Faculty Spotlight: Juliet Emamaullee, MD, PhD
May 18, 2023
A surgeon and Research Director for the Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Dr. Emamaullee is taking a high-tech approach to challenge that status quo.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Hosts 26th Annual Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation Meeting
September 7, 2022
The Liver Transplant Program at CHLA is one of the largest pediatric liver transplant programs in the United States.