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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
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
Targeting BRD9 in Sarcoma	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Scott Armstrong, MD/PhD	Innovation Grants	2017	Massachusetts
Characterization of Novel OTX2-semaphorin Gene Signaling Pathways Regulating the ‘Grow and Go’ Arms of Highly Aggressive Medulloblastomas	University of Manitoba / Tamra Werbowetski-Ogilvie, PhD	Innovation Grants	2017	Manitoba
Development of Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Chemo/Radio-Sensitizers for Intrathecal Delivery	Yale School of Medicine / Ranjit S. Bindra, MD/PhD & Mark Saltzman, PhD	Innovation Grants	2017	Connecticut
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
Genome-Wide 5hmC Profiling of Neuroblastoma Tumors and Patient Cell-Free DNA	University of Chicago / Susan Cohn, MD & Chuan He PhD	Innovation Grants	2017	Illinois
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
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 Metabolic Vulnerabilities in ETP-ALL	Columbia University / Adolfo A. Ferrando, MD/PhD	Innovation Grants	2017	New York

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