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October 16, 2018

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) has declared a war on childhood cancer.

Every day of... more

July 9, 2018

by Trish Adkins

In 2000, the first draft of the map of human genome—a mosaic representation of characteristics of what makes our biology uniquely human—was released. The map paved the way for more... more

December 1, 2017

by Adam Paris, ALSF

John Szigety was diagnosed at age 10 with Hodgkin lymphoma and underwent treatment at Memorial Sloan... more

June 30, 2017

by Trish Adkins

ALSF-funded researcher (Innovation Grant 2009 and Epidemiology Grant 2013) Dr. Richard Aplenc of Children’s Hospital of... more

April 28, 2017

by Trish Adkins

When a child is first diagnosed with leukemia, the goal is to force the disease into remission. The treatment protocol is... more

April 27, 2017

More and more research is focused on harnessing the body’s immune system to target and destroy cancer cells. One type, known as CAR T cell... more

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