The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
Each June, nearly 1,000 people gather at Penn Wynne Elementary, in a suburb of Philadelphia, for Alex’s “Original” Lemonade Stand. The event — a day of fun, lemonade and fundraising for childhood cancer research — honors the life and legacy of Alex Scott, the founder of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. There are lots of games, crafts and family activities, but the major highlight is always the annual butterfly release commemorating and celebrating the lives of all children affected by cancer.
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In her lab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. Yael Mossé leads an international team of researchers studying MYCN, a treatment-elusive mutated gene that drives cancer. At City of Hope in Los Angeles, Dr. Linda Malkas is working on a liquid formulation of promising cancer drug she developed, so that drug can be trialed in children as well as adults. In Memphis, Dr. Rebecca Gardner is working to make CAR T immunotherapy more effective, more accessible, and more equitable for kids with cancer. In her Vienna, Austria lab, Dr. Anna Obeneuf combines biology with cutting-edge technology... Read More
No one expects to find themselves in the childhood cancer world — Keren Fitzgerald certainly did not. Her son Cole, who passed away at age 19, was originally diagnosed with neuroblastoma when he was just 3 years old. In those early days, she had to Google “neuroblastoma” to understand all the new terminology. That search led her to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and helped give the Fitzgerald family a purpose outside of the hospital walls: to advocate for childhood cancer.
They know first-hand how desperately safer treatments and cures are needed. When Cole was diagnosed 15... Read More
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