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Our Latest Research Discoveries, News and Stories

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.

News from the Children's Mercy Research Institute

New award from CDC aims to determine respiratory virus burden in schools

February 3, 2023

Funding from American College of Radiology Will Help Advance Children’s Mercy Research on Diagnosing Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)

January 27, 2023

Dr. Lauren Amos Receives Award to Study Treatment of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Adolescents

January 11, 2023

Dr. Todd Bradley Receives Supplemental NIH Funding To Continue Research on Antibody Responses to Sars-CoV-2

December 20, 2022

Dr. Terrie Flatt Receives Funding To Investigate Role of Perinucleolar Compartments and the eEF1A2 Gene in Connection to More Aggressive Sarcomas

December 12, 2022

Dr. David White and Dr. Bill Black Receive Funding to Better Understand Physical Activity Behaviors in Youth With Cardiac Arrhythmia Disorders

November 30, 2022

Our latest discoveries and stories

Image of a researcher in the Genomic Medicine Center working on genetic sequencing.

Children’s Mercy is Home to the World’s Most Advanced System for Rare Disease Diagnosis

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A teenage boy standing in one of the halls at Children's Mercy.

New Study Using Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence to Predict Teens’ Response to Depression Treatment

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Young Children's Mercy patient smiling.

Research Collaborative Takes Unique Approach to Infectious Disease Testing and Care

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COVID testing done in car.

CMRI Investigators Explore Age-Related Differences in COVID-19 Infection

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