Identifying new treatment options for Burkitt lymphoma that doesn’t respond to treatment
Using Burkitt lymphoma models to find essential survival genes to target for therapy.
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.
Using Burkitt lymphoma models to find essential survival genes to target for therapy.
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.
Repurposing medicines to support a new type of immunotherapy for brain tumours.
Using anti-depressants to prevent the body's immune system from fighting immunotherapy treatments.
Looking at how a process called 'cut-and-run' leads to genetic errors, and how those errors could be prevented in order to prevent relapse in childhood leukaemia.
Finding a way to use immunotherapy against a high-risk type of childhood brain tumour.
Understanding how a repurposed drug attacks and kills diffuse midline glioma cells.
Investigating the possibility of combining a medicine that blocks the process with a medicine that triggers a cell's defensive response to treat ALL.