Molecular Advances in Pediatric Diseases

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, considerable interest has been directed towards the search for novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of pediatric diseases. Pediatric diseases include malignant and non-malignant morbidities. Currently, novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of pediatric diseases are under investigation, with a particular interest in new molecular targets and/or signaling pathways. Although the canonical drugs commonly used for the treatment of several pediatric diseases have improved patients’ quality of life and survival, sometimes they are ineffective and often responsible for long-term side effects. Therefore, research on novel therapeutic targets or approaches to counteract disease progression and the discovery of novel molecular mechanisms involved in pediatric disease onset and progression are needed. The aim of this Special Issue is to collect the most recent interesting scientific evidence in the field of molecular advances focusing on the molecular basis of pediatric diseases to develop novel therapeutic strategies and uncover new molecular mechanisms in non-malignant and malignant pediatric diseases.

Dr. Elvira Pota
Dr. Alessandra Di Paola
Guest Editors

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• pediatric patients
• pediatric diseases
• molecular mechanisms
• molecular therapies
• molecular target
• therapeutic strategies