Thank You Notes (Spring 2017)
Every day, donors like you make gifts of all sizes to build a healthier future for children and expectant mothers. Your support makes our hospital…
Category: In the News
Immunotherapy: New hope in treating cancer
Listen to the podcast There’s a new kid on the block in cancer treatment. Actually it’s an old kid who’s been around for awhile but…
Bad for the bone: The toll of childhood chronic disease
Mary Leonard, MD, is pointing at a spine MRI scan of a young adult who had a bone marrow transplant in childhood. “That vertebra is…
Stanford scientists describe stem-cell and gene-therapy advances in scientific symposium
Using stem cells and gene therapy to treat or cure disease may still sound like science fiction, but a recent scientific meeting here emphasized all…
Even Wondergirl Needs Heroes
GABRIELLA: The day before Giselle’s 3rd birthday, we came to Packard Children’s. She had been sick for two weeks, and we wanted more extensive testing…
Unleashing Cancer Immunotherapy Against a Diabolical Disease
It was in 6th grade that Crystal Mackall, MD, associate director of the Stanford Cancer Institute and professor of pediatrics (hematology/oncology) and of medicine at…
Bubble Boy 2.0
Maria Grazia Roncarolo, MD, has already cured “Bubble Boy” disease. What incurable disease will she cure next? Fixing a single gene gave a child back…
Translating Discoveries into Cures—Faster
Mary Leonard’s own children always know when she’s working in the hospital. They get unexpected text messages from her, reminding them to look both ways…
St. Baldrick’s + Silicon Valley: an unstoppable force in the fight against pediatric cancer
Worldwide, a child is diagnosed with cancer every two minutes. That means that every two minutes, another young life is changed forever. The St. Baldrick’s…
Meet Maisy, the Fashionable Philanthropist
“There’s no such thing as too much,”—that’s Maisy’s motto for fashion and philanthropy. At just 8-years-old, this pint-sized Champion for Children is using her creativity…