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Research into drug repositioning for treatment of rare brain tumours

Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) is a heterogeneous blood cancer that accounts for 15-20% of all paediatric acute leukaemia cases. Despite it’s low incidence in children, it is a life-threatening disease.

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Identification of novel surface antigen targets for CAR T cell strategies in paediatric Acute Myeloid Leukaemia stem cells

Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) is a heterogeneous blood cancer that accounts for 15-20% of all paediatric acute leukaemia cases. Despite it’s low incidence in children, it is a life-threatening disease.

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Reducing Stress and empowering children undergoing operations with the use of Lip balms on breathing masks.

It has been found that by providing children with a choice of flavoured lip balms to put onto their breathing masks before undergoing operations is beneficial in many ways.

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Toward drug repurposing in epigenetics: Targeting histone modifications as a novel approach for a selective treatment for DIPG.

Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a very aggressive tumour that mostly affect young children and is the main cause of brain tumour death in children. Mutations that cause epigenetic alterations have recently been highlighted as the major driver for this tumour.

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Identifying the needs of childhood cancer survivors as they approach adulthood

An OHCF-funded study will help healthcare professionals at GOSH understand the ongoing needs of children who have survived cancer, thereby improving the care they receive as they enter adolescence.

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Characterising novel therapeutic targets for neuroblastoma

OHCF is supporting significant research into potential new therapies for this very serious form of childhood cancer.

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Delivering rapid and efficient genetic screening for bone marrow failure syndromes

A new, more efficient method of DNA sequencing will help ICH scientists quickly identify causes of bone marrow failure syndromes.

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Understanding more about relapse in young patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Funds donated by OHCF will enable haematologists at GOSH use a form of DNA sequencing to help them treat and prevent relapse of a common childhood cancer.

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Evaluating expanded tumour infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in children’s solid cancers

A pilot study by the Institute for Child Health aims to understand how a treatment that has generated a response in some adult cancer patients might also have a role in paediatric oncology.

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