Childhood Cancer

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the myeloid cells that form white blood cells, red blood cells or platelets. AML is the second most common form of childhood leukemia.

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Latest Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) grants

Dissecting the role and mechanism of MLLT10 fusion proteins to treat pediatric leukemia
Kathy Fange Liu, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
R Accelerated Award Grants, Awarded 2024
Therapeutic targeting of clonal hematopoiesis in RUNX1 mutant FPDMM
Robert Bowman, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
University of Pennsylvania
RARE Grant Program (Research Accelerating RUNX1 Exploration), Awarded 2024
Targeting protein synthesis in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia
Courtney Jones, PhD, Principal Investigator
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
'A' Award Grants, Awarded 2024
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Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Heroes

Alex Schnarre
Diego Vega
Jack Callahan
Ryver Lane
Makenzie Hon
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Latest Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) blog posts

Meet Four Kids Fighting Leukemia
Kids come in all shapes and sizes, and so do their cancers. There are dozens of pediatric cancers, but leukemia accounts for nearly 28% of all childhood cancer diagnoses. Leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells – which are crucial to... more
Quarterly Childhood Cancer Research Update: Spring 2021
As the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) Director of Science, I work to evaluate our funded research projects to track progress and find gaps in funding so that we can direct more research dollars to the largest areas of need, and to... more
How Tissue Donation is Helping Childhood Cancer Research
When Lilly faced surgery after relapsing, her family made the decision to donate extra tumor tissue to research instead of throwing it away. 

“We hope that Lilly’s neuroblastoma tumor can be some small part of helping other children who... more
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Seth Walsh

Seth is spunky and can be friends with anyone. After being diagnosed with ALL, Seth endured countless trips out-of-state, four relapses, two CAR T-cell therapies, two bone marrow transplants, and one clinical trial. Today, Seth has reached remission!
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