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Scientists tackle the aberrant epigenetic programming underlying childhood cancers

Treatment of cells from pediatric cancer tumors with compounds that modify DNA packing can induce the cells to acquire normal neuronal...

Researchers find fatal flaw in childhood tumors

Childhood tumors aren’t duplicates of their adult counterparts. They often carry distinct mutations, respond differently to drugs, and...

Canadian researchers building database to identify links between birth defects and childhood cancer

Researchers in Canada and the United States are receiving up to $14.8 million over five years to build the Kids First Data Resource...

Cruel fusion: What a young man’s death means for childhood cancer

Epigenetic discoveries are fuelling renewed interest in the fusion proteins that have bedevilled cancer biologists. Read more:...

How your computer can help in the fight against childhood cancer

A new initiative announced by Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy on Tuesday will allow anyone with a computer to help in the efforts to...

Grassroots Funding Imperative for Childhood Cancer Research

For adult cancer, over 50% of funding for drug development comes from pharmaceutical companies. For kids, that percentage is almost 0....

Local cutting-edge childhood cancer research could extend millions of young lives

Cutting-edge childhood cancer research could extend millions of young lives in the near future. Read more here:...

'Children Are Not Small Adults': Why It Matters in Cancer

A new report by the American Cancer Society and the Alliance for Childhood Cancer underscores the difficulties in doing pediatric cancer...

Scientists uncover novel therapeutic targets and candidate biomarkers in childhood cancers

Researchers have obtained evidence suggesting that proteins known to regulate neuronal development and plasticity may be useful...

Children’s cancer research is often ignored. Make it a ‘moonshot’ priority

Cancer is the leading disease-related cause of death in children in the United States. Yet pediatric cancer is often left behind when it...

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Fusion oncoprotein forces cell fates toward rhabdomyosarcoma

“DNA loops” in pediatric brain tumors double relapse risk

Radiation from a childhood CT scan increases the risk of developing cancer

Childhood Leukemia Linked to Pesticides Used in Vineyards

FDA Gives Priority Review to Tovorafenib in Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma

NIH researchers develop approach that could help supercharge T-cell therapies against solid tumors

Cranial Radiotherapy Predisposes Pediatric Cancer Survivors to Hypothyroidism

Examining outcomes in children with Down syndrome and acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Impact of childhood and adolescence cancer on family caregivers

Collaborative study identifies potential targets to treat the most common childhood liver cancer