Understanding CaMK1D in diffuse large B cell lymphoma in children
Understanding how a protein affects the growth and development of lymphoma cells in order to build the foundations for safer and more effective treatments.
What role do small pieces of genetic code play in germ cell tumours?
Investigating how different levels short non-coding RNAs affect germ cell tumour cells, and testing whether medicines altering these levels could be a potential treatment.
Why does neurodegeneration occur in Langerhans cell histiocytosis?
Discovering what causes nerve cells to stop working and die years after a Langerhans cell histiocytosis diagnosis.
Understanding how Wilms tumour stem cells escape chemotherapy
Investigating cancer stem cells in Wilms tumour to see whether they are responsible for relapse, and to understand how that happens.
How does MYCN change the way genetic information is read?
Understanding how the MYCN protein changes the amounts of other proteins in the cell by changing the way DNA is processed and translated.
Discovering what makes teenagers and young adults with soft tissue sarcomas different
Finding the biological differences between teenage and young adult cancers cells compared to older adults.
Understanding how blood cancer develops and comes back after treatment in babies
Investigating how a protein changes the way leukaemia cells behave in babies.
Finding out how infant leukaemia cells interact with the immune system
Understanding how leukaemia cells enlist immune system cells to help them survive chemotherapy.
How do DNA cutting errors lead to relapsed childhood leukaemia
Looking at how a process called 'cut-and-run' leads to genetic errors, and how those errors could be prevented in order to prevent relapse in childhood leukaemia.