Why childhood cancers are considered “too rare” to get research funding
Each day, 43 children are diagnosed with cancer in the United States. That adds up to nearly 16,000 per year. So why is nearly every...
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Each day, 43 children are diagnosed with cancer in the United States. That adds up to nearly 16,000 per year. So why is nearly every...
They say the best things that happen are unexpected. In Timothy Hallstrom’s lab, some retinoblastoma cells and immune cells acted so curiousl...
Over the last 9 years, Jenny Poynter, PhD, assembled the largest collection of genetic samples of pediatric germ cell tumors available in the...
Following the outbreak of COVID-19, Beau Webber, PhD, an expert in genetic engineering and stem cell research, had to essentially shut down...
Osteosarcoma, a deadly bone cancer, has many lethal talents: it can shuffle around its genome to evade therapies, confuse the immune system,...
In talking about a new project to develop new treatments for osteosarcoma, University of Minnesota researcher Beau Webber, PhD, uses a word he ...
A new brain tumor treatment developed by researchers Christopher Moertel, MD and Michael Olin, PhD received Investigational New Drug (IND)...
Eric Zhou, PhD at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston is studying how to relieve insomnia for childhood cancer survivors. The problem: Child...
Maxim Pimkin, MD, PhD at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston is exploring how depleting two proteins in the body could save children with an...
Ani Deshpande, PhD at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in California is working to target previously ‘undruggable’ protei...
As so many of us now know, people with compromised or weakened immune systems are at much higher risk for COVID-19 complications. This includes...
Texas Caroline de Gracia Lux , PhD at the University of Texas, Southwestern in Texas will use novel ultrasound technology to make acute lympho...
Logan (above) is fighting neuroblastoma. Approximately 700 kids in the U.S. are diagnosed with neuroblastoma each year. Read Logan's story here...
Nathalia Hawley passed away in April 2019, but not before leaving an incredible and lasting mark on the world. During her fight with cancer, Na...
When a child is diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a body of work from the University of Minnesota scientists over the past decade suggests the child...
This past April, a group of incredibly generous supporters gathered at the Armory in downtown Minneapolis to celebrate progress and invest in t...
This September, your generosity, advocacy and awareness-building made a mighty big difference. This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, CCRF awar...
When 16-year-old Nate (above) had his 10-hour surgery to remove the bone tumor from his ribs and spine, it was critical that doctors removed th...