- Dec 28, 2016
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....
- Oct 25, 2016
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:...
- Sep 14, 2016
'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...
- May 20, 2016
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...
- Apr 15, 2016
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...
- Mar 29, 2016
Tempered Hope for Children with Cancer: Current Initiatives in the United States
The takeaway from this thumbnail analysis is that there are initiatives that could ultimately prove to be beneficial to the childhood...
- Feb 25, 2016
Forty-Four (and Other Brutal Numbers Associated With Childhood Cancer)
The National Institute of Health's web site (NIH) estimates that nearly 16,000 kids (roughly 44 each day) between the ages of 0 and 19...
- Dec 18, 2015
Promising new results from immunotherapy
After about five years of testing in humans, an experimental cell therapy that boosts the immune system continues to produce long...
- Oct 28, 2015
New finding offers clues for blocking cancer gene
A new study suggests a potential new way to block one of the most common cancer-causing genes, without causing severe side effects. Read...
- Oct 27, 2015
New hope for the 20 percent of kids who don't respond to standard cancer treatment
A new drug combination being trialled in a groundbreaking CHU Sainte-Justine/University of Montreal study is giving hope for survival,...