Studying immune cells to help develop new treatments for babies with leukaemia
Dr Samanta Mariani and her team want to understand more about the role immune cells play to help develop new ways to treat leukaemia in babies.
Blocking the activity of an essential protein to treat T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Dr Maarten Hoogenkamp will continue his work into blocking the EAAT1 protein, which is crucial for the growth of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Looking for early signs on brain MRIs that can predict whether young people with ependymoma will go on to experience cognitive problems
Professor Shivaram Avula will identify markers in the brains of young people with brain tumours that will help predict the development of long-term side effects like learning and memory problems.
Targeting a protein to treat acute myeloid leukaemia in children
Dr Karen Keeshan is researching to see if removing or blocking a specific protein involved in acute myeloid leukaemia can help make it easier to treat.
Creating innovative new treatments for childhood rhabdomyosarcoma by harnessing the body’s natural defence system
Dr Matthew Blunt aims to create and test immunotherapy treatments for rhabdomyosarcoma that are safer and more effective than chemotherapy.
Stopping the alpha - a potential new treatment approach for osteosarcoma
Professor Plevin and Dr Margaret Cunningham will investigate an enzyme that might play a role in osteosarcoma development, and see whether this could form the basis of a new type of treatment.
Exploring surrounding epigenetic influences in Ewing sarcoma
Dr Sara Sánchez Molina is investigating how a certain gene drives Ewing sarcoma in order to find a better way to treat it.
Exploring potential indicators of the likely course of disease: analysing blood samples from patients recruited to the rEECur clinical trial
Professor Martin McCabe aims to understand whether blood-based biomarkers could help predict Ewing sarcoma survival.
Harnessing the immune system to treat Ewing sarcoma in the lungs
Dr Jonathan Fisher aims to create an 'off the shelf' version of immunotherapy to for hard-to-treat Ewing sarcoma.