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.
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.
Discovering what causes nerve cells to stop working and die years after a Langerhans cell histiocytosis diagnosis.
Looking for repurposed treatments that can fight leukaemia cells in very young children.
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 the MYCN protein changes the amounts of other proteins in the cell by changing the way DNA is processed and translated.
Investigating cancer stem cells in Wilms tumour to see whether they are responsible for relapse, and to understand how that happens.
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.
Investigating how a protein that causes relapse in acute myeloid leukaemia interacts with the genetic code, and whether these interactions could be prevented.
Modifying current immunotherapy so that it doesn't cause damage to nerve cells and instead targets three molecules to help kill neuroblastoma cells more effectively.
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.