A vaccine for hard-to-treat osteosarcoma
Dr. Kleinerman is a professor of Pediatrics and Cancer Biology at University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. With support from an...
CCRF Awards Eight New Emerging Scientists
Through a selective granting process, Children's Cancer Research Fund (CCRF) recently awarded these eight promising scientists the Emerging...
Expanding research for kids with myeloid malignancies
Dr. Jessica Pollard is determined to solve a puzzle: myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a bone marrow disorder that affects the development of...
The Top Five Research Projects We’re Watching This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Childhood cancer is a big problem to solve – there are more than 12 types and more than 100 different subtypes of childhood cancer. This...
Two ways to take aim at childhood brain tumors
Dr. Okay Saydam, MSc, PhD, a researcher at the University of Minnesota, has been working on ways to beat brain tumors for the past 15 years....
Targeting high-risk neuroblastoma in kids
When targeted therapies first began to emerge on the adult oncology scene, Anthony Faber, PhD was ecstatic about the possibilities. But after...
CCRF’s new award aims to close gaps in childhood cancer research and outcomes
Through a new partnership with the Diversity and Health Disparities Committee of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), Children’s Cancer...
From BMT donor to recipient: The impact of health inequities
Our life experiences can affect our bodies on the stem cell level — even when our cells are implanted in an entirely different human. That’s...
Empowering cancer families through survivorship education
With support from CCRF, Dr. Katie Greenzang is developing an eHealth intervention to improve families’ preparation for the survivorship stage...
Re-engaging cancer survivors in follow-up care
With support from CCRF, Dr. Lisa A. Schwartz is leading a pilot study to explore why adolescent % and young adult survivors may be disengaged...
CCRF introduces new research grant focused on cancer survivorship
Children’s Cancer Research Fund has introduced a new grant, the Healthy After Cancer: Childhood Cancer Survivorship Research Award, which fun...
Flipping the “switch” that powers aggressive MLL-r leukemia
Linda Resar, MD, will never forget Amanda, the first leukemia patient she cared for during her oncology fellowship. The inspirational 8-year-ol...
Conquering treatment-resistant B-ALL
During high school, Loretta Li worked in the University of Chicago lab of Janet Rowley, who later won the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her...
Delving into the data in search of new cures
With more than 10,000 experts at 200-plus institutions around the world, the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) is a research powerhouse. The co...
2021 Hard-to-Treat Award Winners
The Hard-To-Tread Award is a grant intended to support projects that enable the prevention, early detection and effective treatment of pediatri...
Exploring safe, cost-effective alternatives to donor-supplied blood
Cancer and the therapies used to treat it can alter the delicate blend of a child’s blood proteins. As a result, children with cancer often...
Catching infant neuroblastoma earlier for better outcomes
Even before a baby is born, neuroblastoma can start to quietly creep through their nerve cells, growing into a tumor that might go undetected f...
Helping the immune system fight brain cancer
Even as a college student volunteering in the cancer ward of his local children’s hospital, Robert Galvin, MD, knew he wanted to become a ped...