The UCLA Neonatology & Developmental Biology research teams specialize in the areas of:
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Perinatal/neonatal metabolism and its influence upon hypoxic/ischemic brain injury, and on the long-term effects of perinatal/neonatal interventions
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Molecular mechanisms by which glucocorticoid attenuated genes play a role in hyperoxic lung injury
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Stem cell research with an emphasis on the ECMO program
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Clinical trials in neonatal metabolism using stable isotope technology and neuroimaging in neonatal diagnosis
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Molecular mechanisms linking perinatal infections with bronchopulmonary dysplasia
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Molecular pathogenesis of neonatal infections
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Mechanisms of innate immunity to infectious agents in neonates, with particular emphasis on the role of vitamin D in host defense
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Fetal glucose metabolism and insulin signaling, fetal and neonatal growth, and neonatal nutrition
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Cellular and molecular basis of vascular remodeling during initial blood vessel formation in early embryonic development
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Endocrinology and congenital adrenal insufficiency and aplasia
Funding from the National Institute of Health and other agencies supports these projects.