In the Media Tag: Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Memphis boasts one of the largest genetic databases of people with African origins

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Memphis now boasts one of the largest genetic databases of people with African ancestry in the nation. Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, in collaboration with the Regeneron Genetics Center, sequenced the DNA of nearly 10,000 children who had blood drawn at Le Bonheur since 2015.… Read More

6-Year-Old Girl Hospitalized with COVID-Related Illness Needs Blood Platelets

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A community is sending an urgent request tonight as a little girl is hospitalized at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Six-year-old Hattie Lucille Shell is battling a condition brought on by COVID-19 that causes body parts and organs to become inflamed. She’s been in the ICU for about a month. “What we see is that a… Read More