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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 1,000 funded projects below.

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ALSF Funded Research Projects

Project Title	Institution / Principal Investigator(s)	Grant Type	Year	State
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
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
Predicting Outcome for Patients with Metastatic Neuroblastoma by Analysis of Bone Marrow and Blood for a Neuroblastoma Gene Expression Signature	Children's Hospital Los Angeles / Robert Seeger	Innovation Grants	2010	California
Enhancing Effectiveness of Immune Checkpoint Therapy in Neuroblastoma	Children's Hospital Los Angeles / Shahab Asgharzadeh, MD	Innovation Grants	2015	California
Single-cell RNA-seq Profiling of Transcriptional Transition States During Human Retinoblastoma	Children's Hospital Los Angeles / Sunhye Lee, PhD	Young Investigator Grants	2016	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
A Pilot Study of the Feasibility and Acceptability of an Interactive Computerized Symptom Assessment Tool to Assess Disease and Treatment-Related Symptoms Experienced by Children with Cancer	University of California San Francisco / Tina Baggott, RN, PhD, PNP	Nurse Researcher Grants	2009	California
Modeling Anaplastic Medulloblastoma using Cerebellar Stem Cells	Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute / Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD	Innovation Grants	2011	California
Alternative Splicing Driven by MYCN Activates RAS-MAPK in Neuroblastoma	University of California San Francisco / William Weiss, MD/PhD	Innovation Grants	2018	California
Characterization of Pre-Leukemia Associated with Familial RUNX1 Mutations	Stanford University / Ravi Majeti, MD/PhD	Familial RUNX1 Research Grants	2016	California

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