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Children's Hospital Oakland scientists made the groundbreaking discovery that placenta is a rich source for harvesting stem cells. Scientist Catherine Hounshell, RN (above), was part of the research team led by Frans Kuypers, PhD, and Vladimir Serikov, MD, PhD.

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A New Vitamin K Analysis Supports the Triage Theory: Modest Vitamin/Mineral Deficiencies Increase Age-Related Disease September 16, 2009
Children’s Hospital Oakland’s Research Institute Awarded More than $4.5 Million in NIH Stimulus Funds September 16, 2009
Children's Hospital Oakland Outranks Top Competitors: Research Insitute Ranks 6th for Prestigious Funding to Children's Hospitals from the National Institute of Health August 11, 2009
Dr. Bertram Lubin Named Interim Chief Executive Officer of Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland August 5, 2009
Children’s Hospital Oakland Scientist First to Characterize Novel Syndrome of Allergy, Apraxia and Malabsorption July 13, 2009
Children's Hospital Oakland Scientists First to Discover New Source for Harvesting Stem Cells June 19, 2009
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland Celebrates $9.8 Million Gift for Bone Marrow Transplant Research June 2, 2009
Children's Hospital Oakland Celebrates First FACES for the Future Graduate Accepted to Top Medical School April 23, 2009
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland’s Blood & Marrow Transplantation Program Awarded FACT Accreditation for Second Time April 21, 2009
Children’s Hospital Oakland is First Pediatric Hospital to Use “Laboratory on a Card” Technology April 20, 2009
Children's Hospital Oakland scientist first to capture complex movements of enzymes targeted for development of antiobesity and anticancer drugs February 11, 2009
Children's Hospital Oakland scientist finds potential Alzheimer's cure in century - old drug August 13, 2008
Children's Hospital Oakland publishes first of its kind pediatric rehabilitation journal August 6, 2008
Children's Hospital Oakland's Dr. Michael LeNoir honored as one of nation's leading specialists in asthma June 27, 2008
First Clinical Trial in the U.S. Studies Babies with Rare Disorder May 12, 2008
Critical Review Points to the Importance of Vitamin D in Brain Function December 20, 2007
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland Selected for National Award for Publications November 16, 2007
The National Institutes of Health Selects Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland for National Award November 13, 2007
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland’s Research Director Selected for National Post on Advisory Council November 12, 2007
Scientists Discover Novel Way to Remove Iron from Ferritin November 2, 2007
Children's Hospital Oakland Announces Plans to Rebuild in Oakland September 5, 2007
A New Clinic Opens for Homeless Children August 28, 2007
Elizabeth Theil, PhD Selected for Prestigious Chemist Award August 20, 2007
Children's Outranks Top Competititors for NIH Funding August 20, 2007
New Study Finds A Genetic Link between Women and Heart Disease February 1, 2007
A 3-D Holiday Gift Could Help Scientists Regulate Iron December 21, 2006
New H2O Study Could Make a Great New Year’s Resolution December 14, 2006
New Research Identifies Human Enzyme That Could be Programmed to Kill Cancer Cells November 17, 2006
A new study led by a scientist at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) is first to conclude that Chlamydia trachomatis is evolving faster than scientists imagined November 14, 2006
A new study by scientists at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) is the first to show that a mother’s diet during pregnancy influences the health of her grandchildren November 13, 2006
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland Applauds Congress’ Reauthorization of Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program September 28, 2006
Knockout Mouse Project - KOMP September 7, 2006
Senator Boxer To Visit Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland August 3, 2006
The Nation’s Leading Health Experts Discuss The Future of Race-Based Medicine July 25, 2006
Children's Hospital Oakland Scientist First to Show Certain Pregnant Women at Risk for Iron Overload May 31, 2006
Children's Hospital Oakland Scientists First to Discover Cocoa Bean Extracts Can Relieve intestinal problems September 29, 2005
Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland Discovers New Deadly Link to Sickle Cell Disease July 6, 2005
Boy with One-of-a-Kind Blood Type Makes Medical History at Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland April 27, 2005