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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 Institutions Co-Funder(s)
Structural rearrangement signatures as novel biomarkers for homologous recombination deficiency in cancer Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Investigating the Role of the MYCN Oncogene in Regulating Chemokine Expression in Neuroblastoma Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Mutagenesis and disease progression in RUNX1 mutant blood stem cells is caused by inflammation-induced hyperactive signaling and supraphysiological mitochondrial ROS St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital The RUNX1 Research Program
Creating an Infrastructure for Collaborative Clinical Research and Publication of Consensus Guidelines for RUNX1 Familial Platelet Disorder The Cleveland Clinic Foundation The RUNX1 Research Program
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
Arginine Depletion with DFMO in High-Risk Neuroblastoma Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 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
CDK8 as a New Therapeutic Target in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Dana-Farber Cancer Institute The Maddox Potter Foundation
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
In Situ CD19.CAR-T Generation Using TRIDENT System for Pediatric B Cell Malignancies Baylor College of Medicine Cure4Cam Childhood Cancer Foundation, Tap Cancer Out

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