Understanding how childhood cancers spread
Looking at how cancer cells alter the scaffolding inside the body that organises cells in order to spread and make new tumours.
Fighting circular DNA to prevent relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Looking at whether medicines that prevent circular DNA replication can help prevent relapse.
Rewriting cancer cell messages to slow down tumour growth
Testing medicines that can correct the genetic messages that help cancer cells grow out of control.
How do immune cells protect childhood ependymoma tumours?
Looking at how brain tumours hijack immune cells, forcing them to support cancer growth instead of fighting it.
Making Wilms tumour cells go green
Developing a new dye to make kidney cancer surgery safer and more effective.
Designing a safer way to find and fight acute myeloid leukaemia cells in children
Investigating a protein found on leukaemia stem cells, the cells which cause relapse, and whether it could be a good drug target.
Understanding how lymphatic vessels talk to childhood kidney cancers
Investigating a new theory for how kidney cancer grows and spreads.
UMBRELLA PLUS - molecular-driven treatments for kidney cancer
Improving genetic testing for children with kidney cancers like Wilms tumour and finding a way to improve diagnosis and relapse monitoring.
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.