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Mom Found the Medication that's Changing Her Son's Life


Thanks to Brent Bonfiglio's mother, and a Children's Hospital clinical research team, Brent (above) and Travis Brown - who have NBIA, a progressive motor-dysfunction disorder - are using a new treatment option showing remarkable results. Brent's father, Gaetano, at left, and his mother, Veronica, helped him along the way. More>>
   
  H1N1 Survivor

H1N1 Survivor

Thanks to quick action by Children's Hospital clinicians, in Ocotber 2009, Jordan Bernd survived a bout with a deadly combination of H1N1 and staphylococcus aureus. More >>

     
  Tiny Patient and His Mother

Pacemaker at Birth Saves Baby Boy's Life

Before Oliver was even born, a Children’s Hospital fetal medicine team diagnosed him with a potentially fatal heart disorder and developed a treatment plan to save his life. Now Oliver and his twin brother, Cameron, are thriving.  More>>

     
  Grateful Children's Hospital Oakland Patient

Cancer-free for 24 Years

A new treatment developed at Children's Hospital 24 years ago helped Todd Barnes, at left, survive liver cancer. James Feusner, MD, led the Oncology team whose new treatment has a 95% survival rate. Todd is now 28 and thriving. More>>

     
  Dolores Jordan

Jordan Family Gives $9.8 Million for Research

Dolores Jordan donated $9.8 million to Children's Hospital Oakland on behalf of herself; her late husband, Hanabul "Bud" Jordan and her late brother-in-law, Lowell Jordan. The gift will give research into blood and marrow, and cord blood transplants, and other cellular therapies a big boost at Children's Hospital Oakland.  More>>

     

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