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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 1,000 funded projects below.

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ALSF Funded Research Projects

Project Title	Institution / Principal Investigator(s)	Grant Type	Year	State
The role of OCT4 in self-renewal signaling and drug-resistance of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia	Children's Hospital Los Angeles / Markus Muschen	Innovation Grants	2008	California
Altered Cerebral Blood Flow after Pediatric Posterior Fossa Brain Tumor Treatment	Children's Hospital Los Angeles / Mary Baron Nelson, RN/PhD	Nurse Researcher Grants	2016	California
Determinants of Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Platinum Sensitivity and Resistance	University of California, San Diego / Paolo Abada	Young Investigator Grants	2012	California
Optimizing EGFR targeted therapy in pediatric malignant glioma.	University of California San Francisco / Theodore Nicolaides	Young Investigator Grants	2009	California
Identifying Novel Therapeutic Combinations with 131I-MIBG to Treat Relapsed and Refractory Neuroblastoma	The Regents of the University of California San Francisco / William Clay Gustafson, M.D., Ph.D.	Reach Grants	2014	California
Multiplex Ion Beam Imaging of Pediatric Cancers	Stanford University School of Medicine / Crystal L. Mackall, MD	Crazy 8 Pilots	2019	California
Factors Affecting Parental Satisfaction, Anxiety and Comprehension of the Informed Consent in Pediatric Oncology Clinical Trials	University of California, San Diego / Paula Aristizabal, MD	Psychosocial Grants	2015	California
Preclinical Studies of Gli1 Inhibition in Ewing Family Tumors	Children's Hospital Los Angeles / William May	Innovation Grants	2008	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
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

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