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.
Could ‘prehabilitation’ help prepare children with cancer for a stem cell transplant?
Investigating whether diet or lifestyle changes could help children cope with bone marrow transplants better.
Detecting lingering brain cancer cells before a tumour grows back
Ependymoma comes back after treatment around half of the time, because some cancer cells are still alive. If doctors could identify these cells and diagnose relapsed ependymoma sooner, children could start treatment earlier.
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.
Exploring new targeted therapy options for acute myeloid leukaemia in babies
Looking for repurposed treatments that can fight leukaemia cells in very young children.
What happens in cells to make neuroblastoma develop and how can we stop this?
Looking at what extra pieces of chromosomes do in neuroblastoma and how these work with the MYCN protein to convert healthy cells into cancer cells.
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.
A new immunotherapy treatment for paediatric high-grade glioma
Creating a new immunotherapy that will attacks collagen in cancer cells, and testing whether it is effective in model systems to make it the best it can be.