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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Novel Approaches for Epigenetic Therapy for Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Linda Resar, MD & Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Maryland |
Role of Protocadherin-9 in Enabling Leukemia Cell Colonization of the CNS | National Jewish Health / Jordan Jacobelli, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Colorado |
Defining the Cell Surface Landscape of Diagnostic and Relapsed Neuroblastoma: Immunotherapeutic Target Identification | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Sharon Diskin, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Pennsylvania |
Targeting Pediatric Brain Tumors Using PTPmu Nanochains with Radiofrequency-Releasable Therapeutics | Case Western Reserve University / Susann Brady-Kalnay, PhD & Efstathios Karathanasis, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Ohio |
Long Non-Coding RNAs as Novel Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in Pediatric Leukemia | New York University School of Medicine / Iannis Aifantis, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | New York |
Alternative Splicing in the Pathogenesis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Pennsylvania |
Targeted Degradation of Proliferative Transcription Factors in Pediatric Cancers | University of California at Santa Cruz / Seth Rubin, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | California |
Establishing the Function of Novel MicroRNAs Associated with Resistance and Relapse in Pediatric AML | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / Vivian Oehler, MD & Soheil Meshinchi, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Washington |
Development of Mithramycin Analogs for Ewing sarcoma | Van Andel Research Institute / Patrick Grohar, MD/PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Michigan |
Predictive Modeling of MDS Disease Progression From Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome Using Novel Branching Process and Next Generation Sequencing to Improve Patient-Specific Survival | Cleveland Clinic Foundation / Seth Corey, MD & Marek Kimmel, PhD | Innovation Grants | 2017 | Ohio |