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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
Understanding and inhibiting mechanisms of metastatic spread in osteosarcoma	University of California San Francisco / Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD	Crazy 8 Awards	2022	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
Preclinical Studies of Gli1 Inhibition in Ewing Family Tumors	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / William May	Innovation Grants	2008	California
Modeling Pediatric Leukemia in Zebra Fish to Enable Discovery of New Anti- Leukemic Compounds	University of California, San Diego / David Traver, MD	Innovation Grants	2010	California
Neuronal Damage, Neurocognitive Losses and Quality of Life Following High-Dose Chemotherapy in Children with Brain Tumors	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Mary Nelson	Nurse Researcher Grants	2009	California
Determinants of Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Platinum Sensitivity and Resistance	University of California, San Diego / Paolo Abada	Young Investigator Grants	2012	California
Blockade of Mycn in neuroblastoma	University of California San Francisco / William Weiss	Innovation Grants	2008	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
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
Identification of Aberrantly Methylated Differentially Expressed Genes to Distinguish High- vs. Low-Risk Retinoblastoma	Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / Jesse Berry, MD	Reach Grants	2023	California

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