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We make great strides every day on our mission of improving the health and wellbeing of children through state-of-the-art translational research. Here you can find the latest news and feature stories on the groundbreaking work of the Children’s Mercy Research Institute investigators and research teams, and how their discoveries and work are changing the future of pediatric medicine.  

Thanks to ground-breaking research at the Genomic Medicine Center at Children’s Mercy, new treatments provide hope to infants with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a rare cancer of the blood and bone marrow that has a very poor prognosis. Watch as baby Brisia joins just 49 other infants.
Thanks to ground-breaking research at the Genomic Medicine Center at Children’s Mercy, new treatments provide hope to infants with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a rare cancer of the blood and bone marrow that has a very poor prognosis. Watch as baby Brisia joins just 49 other infants.

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GeoMarker app offers new insights around social determinants of health

Learn how the tools are being used

Emerging Principal Investigators: Dr. Ana Cohen

Learn about her projects and collaborations

10 Years of Clinical Whole Genome Sequencing at Children’s Mercy

Learn about the lab's milestones

Foundations for the Future: 10 Years of Research at Children's Mercy Month

See how we celebrated the monumental anniversary
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