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.
Professors Suzanne Turner, Anna Philpott and Aditi Vedi at the University of Cambridge will test a new combination treatment for neuroblastoma that could make current immunotherapies more effective.
Professor Aymen Al-Shamkhani at the University of Southampton hopes to test a way to recruit immune cells into neuroblastoma tumours, making immunotherapy more effective.
Dr Karolina Dziemidowicz and her team at University College London aim to help CAR-T cells get to and fight an aggressive brain cancer.
Dr Carmela De Santo at the University of Birmingham hopes to find a way to protect immune cells from acute myeloid leukaemia, so that they can fight the cancer.
Professor Christina Halsey at the University of Glasgow hopes to improve testing of leukaemia cells around the brain, helping children receive the right amount of treatment.
Dr Timothy Ritzmann will investigate how proteins that regulate water inside the body could help ependymoma grow and spread.
Professor Owen Williams hopes to develop a combination treatment with a revolutionary new drug that can more effectively fight acute myeloid leukaemia.
Dr Harry Leitch at Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health will grow early reproductive cells in the lab to understand how germ cell tumours form and help develop new ways to test treatments.
Professor John Anderson will test a new type of CAR T cell therapy designed to help children with solid cancers.
