Investigating an amino acid to improve medulloblastoma treatment
Looking at how medulloblastoma brain tumours use an amino acid, and whether blocking access to that resource would make cancer cells more susceptible to treatment.
We have been funding expert research since 2016, aiming to ensure that every child and young person has a safe and effective treatment for their cancer, and that they can live long and happy lives post-treatment.
Looking at how medulloblastoma brain tumours use an amino acid, and whether blocking access to that resource would make cancer cells more susceptible to treatment.
Looking at the early stages of leukaemia that develops after treatment for other cancers to find out what changes occur and how to fight it.
Investigating how a protein that causes relapse in acute myeloid leukaemia interacts with the genetic code, and whether these interactions could be prevented.
Looking at how nanoparticles could improve drug delivery and reduce toxicity for young cancer patients.
Finding out which changes to how DNA is read in neuroblastoma can give doctors more information about the cancer, and investigating whether these changes could be stopped through medicines.
Using two drugs to prevent an essential Wilms tumour protein interacting with a growth-promoting protein, and testing this treatment in patient samples.
Testing whether treatment could be safely reduced for children with germinoma brain tumours
Investigating how cancer cells can keep dividing and why this makes it harder to treat.
Using Burkitt lymphoma models to find essential survival genes to target for therapy.