Research in the Department of Pediatrics

With a focus on personalized medicine, our researchers are looking at environment-gene interaction and making strides in predicting, preventing, treating and tracking  many diseases. Known for "translating" the lessons of basic science and applying them to human diseases, National Jewish Health attracts world-class researchers who conduct leading-edge scientific investigations.

  

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Genome Study Suggests New Strategies for Understanding and Treating Pulmonary Fibrosis

In findings published online in Nature Genetics on April 14, 2013, researchers at National Jewish Health, the University of Colorado and several other institutions found a number of genes associated with host defense, cell-cell adhesion and DNA repair, which provide clues to possible mechanisms underlying this currently untreatable disease. Read more.

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The discoveries made in the laboratories at National Jewish Health have a profound impact on the understanding and treatment of human disease.

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