Degrading the anaplastic lymphoma kinase protein to treat paediatric cancers
Dr Lizzie Tucker will assess a new type of treatment to fight ALK-driven childhood cancers like neuroblastoma.
The Little Princess Trust funds research projects in partnership with CCLG, as the founding partner of the CCLG Research Funding Network.
This partnership combines our research funding and grant management expertise with The Little Princess Trust's fantastic fundraising to support world-class scientific research into childhood cancer.
Dr Lizzie Tucker will assess a new type of treatment to fight ALK-driven childhood cancers like neuroblastoma.
Professor Karim Malik and Dr Jodie Bojko are testing drugs that can prevent cancer cells from making growth-promoting proteins.
Dr Daniel Williamson’s expert team will find the best malignant rhabdoid tumour models to test exciting new treatments.
Professor John Anderson at University College London hopes to develop a cost-effective CAR T-cell combination therapy.
Professor Rylie Green at Imperial College London will test a device that can deliver chemotherapy directly to brain tumours, sparing healthy cells.
Professor Alex Thompson and his team at the University of Nottingham aim to learn more about leukaemia to support the development of kinder treatments.
Professor John Anderson’s team at University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health aim to revolutionise CAR T-cell therapy for solid tumours.
Dr Ashley Vardon at the University of Birmingham hopes to find a way to effectively fight diffuse midline glioma with new immunotherapies.
Dr Jon Elkins at the University of Oxford hopes to develop a new drug which will affect vital ALT-positive cancer cell processes.
Prof Jonathan Bond and Dr Marie-Claire Fitzgerald aim to find a treatment that can exploit a key weakness of acute myeloid leukaemia.
Professor Suzanne Turner will investigate the behaviour of individual lymphoma cells in order to find out why treatments fail.
Dr Shelby Barnett and Dr Geoff Shenton will monitor crucial drug levels in patients' blood in order to improve CAR T therapy protocols.
Our partnership supports hundreds of Little Princess Trust-funded projects, from developing new treatments to understanding the causes of cancer.