Fighting childhood cancer, one cup at a time.
by Trish Adkins, ALSF
Breakthroughs and cures for childhood cancer are only possible through comprehensive, cutting-edge research performed by the best minds in pediatric oncology. Each year, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) provides grants to these oncology superstars—ensuring the future of research will mean safer treatments and more cures for children.
Our grants program funds all phases of research—from early career and... Read More
by Trish Adkins
It all starts with what seems to be normal pain and a bump.
To a parent, their child is just complaining about something painful on their arm, leg or pelvis. The pain worsens. The bump lingers. And after many visits to the doctor, a diagnosis is finally made—Ewing’s sarcoma, the second most common type of childhood bone cancer.
What appears on an MRI as a large tumor in... Read More
by Trish Adkins
ALSF-funded researcher (Innovation Grant 2009 and Epidemiology Grant 2013) Dr. Richard Aplenc of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is working to understand the underlying causes of cardiac dysfunction in children battling acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Five ALSF –funded POST Grant students have also worked on this research in the Aplenc Lab: Yang Ding, Alexandra Blumer, Joe Horowitz, Julianna Mann and Elizabeth Goodman.
In... Read More
