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Co-Funded Projects

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation is proud to partner with nearly 20 different childhood cancer charities to bring us closer to cures. Together, we are supporting the most cutting-edge research in the fight against childhood cancer. View projects supported in collaboration with our charity partners below!

Project Title	Institution	Co-Funder(s)
Targeting the Checkpoint Receptor TIGIT via CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing to Enhance NK Cell Anti-Tumor Activity	Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital	Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Synthetic Gene Expression Regulatory Switches (SynGERS) for Improved CAR T Cell Function in Pediatric Solid Tumors	Baylor College of Medicine	Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Arginine Depletion with DFMO in High-Risk Neuroblastoma	Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia	Northwestern Mutual Foundation
A Novel Adjunctive LAT-Activating CART (ALA-CART) Cell Platform for the Treatment of Acute Leukemia	University of Colorado Denver_ Anschutz Medical Campus	Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Investigating the Role of the MYCN Oncogene in Regulating Chemokine Expression in Neuroblastoma	Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia	Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Structural rearrangement signatures as novel biomarkers for homologous recombination deficiency in cancer	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	Northwestern Mutual Foundation
FGFR1 alterations in pediatric gliomas	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Synthetic Gene Expression Regulatory Switch engineered CAR T cells for children with cancer	Baylor College of Medicine	Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Identification and characterization of non-P53 stress pathways in Shwachman-Diamond syndrome	The Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Understanding the association between genetic polymorphisms and adverse events during therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia	Emory University	Northwestern Mutual Foundation

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