Our Focus During COVID-19
Our world looks much different than it did just a few weeks ago – since COVID-19 became a pandemic, daily routines have been upended. This cr...
Painting the Picture of Germ Cell Tumors in Kids
Over the last 9 years, Jenny Poynter, PhD, assembled the largest collection of genetic samples of pediatric germ cell tumors available in the...
Zach’s Movement and Clouds Choir Help Zach Sobiech Osteosarcoma Fund Top $2.3 million
In August 2020, Children’s Cancer Research Fund started Zach’s Movement, a campaign to coincide with the release of “Clouds,” an original...
Our top 5 childhood cancer research wins of 2020
Following the outbreak of COVID-19, Beau Webber, PhD, an expert in genetic engineering and stem cell research, had to essentially shut down...
Researchers use “biological scissors” to cut off paths for osteosarcoma
Osteosarcoma, a deadly bone cancer, has many lethal talents: it can shuffle around its genome to evade therapies, confuse the immune system,...
Cash’s Story – Fighting Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
“It’s an immediate life change,” Mona said. “There’s so much information being thrown at you at one time, and Cash was asking questio...
Great Cycle Challenge Rider Michael Harris – Why He Rides
Michael Harris understands better than most the fear that comes with a cancer diagnosis. He was on the way out of his annual wellness exam when...
CEO Daniel Gumnit on leadership, equity and expanding our national reach
Daniel Gumnit wasn’t sure what to expect when he joined Children’s Cancer Research Fund as CEO in August, in the middle of a global pandemi...
Brice’s Story – “Win Today”
“I wish I had better news to share with you,” the doctor said to parents Chris and Christine, whose 9-month old son, Brice, had just come o...
Maurice’s Story – Fighting Rhabdomyosarcoma
The first tiny clue of cancer was hidden in then-2-year-old Maurice’s smile. “We first noticed something was wrong when we were looking at ...
“Do you think kids with cancer like mine have died?”
This piece was written by Whitney Crosser, mom to Wyatt, a neuroblastoma survivor. Read Wyatt’s Story – Fighting Far From Home. “I wish Grandpa...
Zach Sobiech’s friends and then-girlfriend talk “Clouds” movie
On October 16, Disney+ is set to release the movie “Clouds,” an inspiring film based on the true story of teenage songwriter Zach Sobiech who...
A Cure in the Making for Osteosarcoma
In talking about a new project to develop new treatments for osteosarcoma, University of Minnesota researcher Beau Webber, PhD, uses a word he ...
Sheila McGuire Saklad – Celebrating a Legacy
Opportunities, achievements, memories and milestones – these are what Sheila and Dan Saklad always wanted to give children, and what has motiva...