Super-fit immune cells to seek and destroy bone cancer
Osteosarcoma bone cancer affects teenagers, around half of whom die within 5-years of diagnosis. We think we can solve these problems by modifying immune cells called “gamma-delta T-cells”.
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.
Osteosarcoma bone cancer affects teenagers, around half of whom die within 5-years of diagnosis. We think we can solve these problems by modifying immune cells called “gamma-delta T-cells”.
Half of patients Ependymoma (EPN) with no disease after treatment on MRI relapse within 2 years. This suggests that they have low level or minimal residual disease (MRD). Developing an accurate MRD detection test could help improve survival.
Examining whether a group of drugs called gliflozins could be used to treat T-ALL
Single-cell transcriptomics linked to lineage tracing to interrogate the role of intra-tumour heterogeneity in shaping therapeutic susceptibility and resistance in paediatric cancer
Developing and delivering small molecule drug and immunotherapy combinations for MYC-driven medulloblastoma: Efficacy, evolution and exploitation.
Development of a multi-factorial prognostic model to optimise treatment decision making and outcomes in paediatric low-grade glioma
Defining the molecular landscape of paediatric and adolescent acute leukaemia in Tanzania
Enhancing CAR T-cell expansion and prolonged persistence for the effective treatment of paediatric medulloblastoma
Optimising tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy in newly diagnosed metastatic Ewing sarcoma