Childhood Cancer

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the myeloid cells that form white blood cells, red blood cells or platelets. AML is the second most common form of childhood leukemia.

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Latest Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) grants

Identifying mechanisms of revumenib resistance in KMT2A-r pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Amaka Chukwura
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
POST Program Grants, Awarded 2026
Modeling Clonal Hematopoiesis and Genetic Correction in RUNX1-FPD Using Human iPSC-derived HSCs
Eirini Papapetrou, MD/PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
RARE Grant Program (Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration), Awarded 2026
Evaluating Differential Monitoring as a Mediator for Survival Inequities in Pediatric AML
Nandhitha Udayakumar
University of Pennsylvania
POST Program Grants, Awarded 2026
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Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Heroes

Parker Leuther
Alex Schnarre
Diego Vega
Jack Callahan
Ryver Lane
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Latest Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) blog posts

Meet Four Kids Fighting Leukemia
Kids come in all shapes and sizes, and so do their cancers. There are dozens of pediatric cancers, but leukemia accounts for nearly 28% of all childhood cancer diagnoses. Leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells – which are crucial to... more
Quarterly Childhood Cancer Research Update: Spring 2021
As the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) Director of Science, I work to evaluate our funded research projects to track progress and find gaps in funding so that we can direct more research dollars to the largest areas of need, and to... more
How Tissue Donation is Helping Childhood Cancer Research
When Lilly faced surgery after relapsing, her family made the decision to donate extra tumor tissue to research instead of throwing it away. 

“We hope that Lilly’s neuroblastoma tumor can be some small part of helping other children who... more
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August Daniels

At 15 months old, August was diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma. By the time her family found out, she was basically blind. ALSF's Travel For Care program helped August get to the treatments she needed, and today she is 3 years old and can see!
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