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ALSF Funded Research Projects

Project Title	Institution / Principal Investigator(s)	Grant Type	Year	State
Antibody Targeted Natural Killer Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles for the Treatment of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Neuroblastoma	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Robert Seeger, MD & Alan Wayne, MD	Innovation Grants	2015	California
Investigating the Role of Genetic and Epigenetic Variation in Risk of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Down Syndrome	University of California San Francisco / Adam de Smith, Ph.D.	'A' Award Grants	2014	California
DMG: From SWI/SNF’s role in cholesterol biosynthesis to new therapeutic opportunities	Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University / Capucine Van Rechem, PhD	Innovation Grants	2024	California
Single Cell Analysis of Leukemia Initiation	Stanford University / Michael Cleary, MD	Innovation Grants	2015	California
Blockade of Mycn in neuroblastoma	University of California San Francisco / William Weiss	Innovation Grants	2008	California
A Combinatorial Approach to Target the Tumor-Initiating and Transit Amplifying Cellular Subpopulations in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)	Stanford University / Michelle Monje, MD, PhD	'A' Award Grants	2011	California
Saving Lives, Saving Neurons, the Head Start Consortium for Young Children with Malignant Central Nervous System Tumors	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Jonathan Finlay, MD	Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants	2007	California
Identifying novel biomarkers for risk stratification in t-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).	University of California San Francisco / Michelle Hermiston, MD, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2009	California
Enhancing Effectiveness of Immune Checkpoint Therapy in Neuroblastoma	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Shahab Asgharzadeh, MD	Innovation Grants	2015	California
Targeting the ALT Pathway to Induce Synthetic Lethality and Treat Poor Outcome Pediatric Tumors	University of California, Davis / Wolf-Dietrich Heyer, PhD	Innovation Grants	2018	California

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