ALSF Childhood Cancer Research Grants
With your support, we have been able to fund outstanding research, leading toward cures and improved quality of life for children with cancer. Browse through more than 1,500 funded projects below.
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ALSF Funded Research Projects
Project Title | Institution / Principal Investigator(s) | Grant Type | Year | State |
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An Intersection of Cell Metabolism and Differentiation in Childhood Sarcomas | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center / Sandra Orsulic, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | California |
Defining the Role of a Novel, Developmentally Restricted Hematopoietic Stem Cell in Pediatric Leukemias | University of California at Santa Cruz / Camilla Forsberg, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | California |
An Oncolytic Herpes Simplex Virus Restricted in Entry to Neuroblastoma Cells | Northwestern University Medical School / Richard Longnecker, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Illinois |
Next-Generation Therapies for Hedgehog Pathway-Dependent Tumors | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine / James Chen, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | California |
Mechanisms Regulating Medulloblastoma Progression | University of Pennsylvania / Nadia Dahmane, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Pennsylvania |
Engager T cells for the Adoptive Immunotherapy of Pediatric Malignancies | Baylor College of Medicine / Stephen Gottschalk, MD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Texas |
Novel Targeted Therapies for Rhabdomyosarcoma | St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / Michael Dyer, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Tennessee |
Therapeutic Targeting of LARG-RhoA Signaling Axis in Childhood Leukemia | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center / Yi Zheng, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | Ohio |
Therapeutic Potential of the MST1/Hippo Tumor Suppressor Pathway in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma | Duke University / Corinne Mary Linardic, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | North Carolina |
Identification of TFAP4 (Transcription Factor AP-4/Activating Enhancer Binding Protein) as a Potential Master Regulator/Synthetic Lethal Gene of MYCN Amplified Neuroblastoma | Columbia University Medical Center / Darrell Yamashiro, MD, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2013 | New York |