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.
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.
Developing ways to identify chemotherapy resistant B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cells
Developing a test that can measure the amount of chemotherapy-resistant leukaemia cells in patient's blood samples. This would provide the foundations for future research.
What are the origins of liver cancer in children and why does treatment sometimes fail?
Understanding how hepatocellular carcinoma develops and what role the immune system plays.
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.
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.
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.
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.